Jeffcoate's Principles of Gynaecology

It is obvious that Dr Tindall, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Manchester, revised Professor Jeffcoate's textbook with loving care. Dr Tindall trained under Professor Jeffcoate in Liverpool, and he has endeavored to retain some of the verve and vigor that was breathed into the original book by a renowned and opinionated professor. The original text was written by Professor Jeffcoate in 1957, and he stated plainly in the first edition that he had not "played it safe by stating only generally accepted views, but had attempted to reach a conclusion that satisfied himself as being as rational as present knowledge allowed." Professor Jeffcoate, who is revered by British obstetricians and gynecologists in much the same way that Sir William Osler has been lionized among American internists, has emphasized the clinical approach to gynecology throughout the text. The first chapter bears that exact title: "The Clinical