Myocardial Infarction: Its Clinical Manifestations and Treatment with Anticoagulants. A Study of 1031 Cases

In this elaborately documented monograph the reader can examine for himself the data and statistical analyses on which the conclusions presented are based. This book represents an important contribution in reporting on a clinical problem and in designing an experiment dealing with such a question—in this case the value of anticoagulants. Although it serves as a milestone in good clinical investigation, this does not imply that the conclusions of the authors will be accepted without controversy. Anyone familiar with the recent literature will recognize that the role of anticoagulants in the prevention of the sequelae of myocardial infarction has generated almost as much heat as light. The protagonists of the two opposite viewpoints, having presented their lines of thought, are now trying to maintain the supremacy of their own positions. It is therefore a pleasure to have documents presented that are critically analyzed and cautiously interpreted. The evidence presented in