RT Journal
A1 Bergan JJ
T1 THe differential diagnosis of abdominal pain.
JF A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
JO A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1959
FD September 1
VO 104
IS 3
SP 508
OP 509
DO 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270090162025
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1959.00270090162025
AB A neat balance is achieved in this short volume between information useful to the surgeon and that primarily of value to the internist. The result, a handbook filled with numerous facts about a diversity of diseases and conditions, should help to serve as a chart to guide physicians between "Scylla and Charybdis, between the dangers of operating too much and too little."Basic physiologic and neurologic considerations are briefly and comprehensively treated by Thomas Almy, Professor of Medicine at Cornell University Medical College. His contribution comes closest in this volume to fulfilling the object of the handbook, to present recent useful research contributions and other up-to-date information not otherwise available in published books. Had the other section authors followed his precept closer, this volume would be an outstanding contribution to the literature of diagnosis.Victor Richards, Professor of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, makes the longest contribution to this