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By J. H. Percival, M.D. Eleventh edition. Price, $9. Pp. 349. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Company, 1947.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1949;60(5 PART I):838.

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In general this is an excellent, small, yet complete book, in which the author well meets the difficult problem of attempting to cover a large and complex field briefly. The material is well organized and clearly presented and indicates logical thinking throughout. There are sufficient good colored illustrations to help the presentation greatly.

Though brevity and a superficial approach are necessary in a book of this type, there seems to be an insufficient attempt made to link dermatology to the whole of medicine. Mention of the more serious general involvement of the body of many dermatoses is omitted in the discussion of some conditions and but briefly touched on in others.

American readers, although likely agreeing in general with the material presented, will undoubtedly have varying opinions regarding certain specific ideas expressed. Among such controversial points, the following ones might be mentioned: that the Senear-Usher syndrome is a type . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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