Roentgen Diagnosis of the Extremities and Spine

The publication of a monograph makes the author more liable to criticism as to the choice of material or the space devoted to certain subsections of the general topics than might be expected in case of a book by many authors. Minor criticisms cannot detract seriously from the general value of this excellent monographic atlas. The illustrations constitute a valuable collection of reference material with a brief but succinct illuminative text. Especially interesting is the section devoted to the lame back. Members of the American Medical Association who have seen the Lame Back Exhibit at recent meetings will prize this material as constituting a detailed reproduction in handy form for study. Evidently the author shares the opinion gradually gaining ground that it should be possible to make a clinical diagnosis of posterior protrusion of an intervertebral disk with sufficient surety to indicate the need of surgical exploration or of surgical