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Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Edited by NORMAN BURKE TAYLOR, M.D., in collaboration with ALLEN ELLSWORTH TAYLOR, M.A., D.S.O. Ed. 17. Balti- more, Williams & Wilkins Company, 1949. Price, $8.50 (with thumb index).

An authoritative medical dictionary is indispensable for anyone connected with the field of health. This seventeenth edition has been thoroughly revised. It is more than a source of correct spelling and pronunciation ; it also contains short biographical sketches of the principal figures in the history of medicine, tables of weigh& and measures, descriptions of laboratory techniques, and the answers to many other questions.

The Proceedings of the Eleventh Australian Dental Congress. Edited by KEVIN F. HENDERSON, Dip.D.S., and JOHN IL PRITCHARD, Dip.D.S. Perth, West- ern Aust.ralia, Service Printing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1948.

The eleventh Australian Dental Congress held in Perth in May, 1948, was the first convention of its kind held for nine years, and the first ever held in Western Australia. This book is a compendium of the recordings of dental science of the Congress.

D. J. H.

Oral Pathology (in Greek). BY THEIUS J. MAVROCORDATO, M.D., D.D.S. First edition. 692 pages and 259 illustrations.

The author of this book, previously affiliated with the Oral Surgery De- partment of Columbia University Dental School, is the head of the stomatological clinic of the Evagelismos Hospital and the maxillofacial surgery clinic of the Military Hospitals, Athens, Greece.

Based on his long clinical experience and an extensive bibliography (Amer- ican, British, French, and German), the author divides the oral diseases into fourteen main groups under which he describes all the affections which directly or indirectly attack the oral cavity. He mentions all the recent developments in diagnosis and treatment. The majority of the chapters are accompanied by illustrations, of which over one hundred are original, Two color plates con- cerning diseases of the tongue and mouth from Thoma’s Oral Pathology are also inserted.

One hundred forty-five pages of the book are on tumors of the mouth, and special emphasis is placed on this subject. The effects of fluorine, vitamins, hormones, chemotherapy, and antibiotics are especially stressed.

The book is prefaced by S. Livieratos, Senior professor of Pathology of the University of Athens, who speaks with enthusiasm about the book and considers it as a most valuable contribution to the Greek medical bibliography and a wonderful reference work on oral diseases for every practicing physician.

K. H. T.