RT Journal
T1 SHock and allied forms of failure of the circulation.
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1949
FD December 1
VO 84
IS 6
SP 1023
OP 1023
DO 10.1001/archinte.1949.00230060180020
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1949.00230060180020
AB This volume is an ideal book in regard to size, binding, format and printing. For an initial work it appears to be singularly free from typographical errors. In spite of these excellent physical aspects the book is difficult to read, owing to the almost encyclopedic character of the subject material. The author has made an extensive review of the literature on both experimental and clinical work pertaining to shock and to shocklike states. In addition, he presents a considerable amount of data based on his own researches and observations. Although the review of the literature is not complete on some minor aspects of the subject, a compilation of all the references cited at the end of each chapter would probably represent the most complete index of articles on acute circulatory failure in existence. The book is a valuable addition to medical literature and should prove to be especially useful to