Radiographic Atlas of Skeletal Development of the Foot and Ankle. A Standard of Reference

This volume contains a symposium on Back Disorders in Children.A Symposium, by definition, is a set of contributions on one subject from various authors and points of view.It does not necessarily therefore cover the whole subject and undue emphasis may be placed on some aspects.Here, there are two excellent chapters on vertebral development, normal and abnormal, a list of all possible causes of backache in children, and again another list of pathological lesions.The treatment of these lesions is scantily recorded.A chapter on nonspecific arthritis of the spine gives an excellent account of the medicinal treatment, whereas orthopaedic treatment is dismissed in a few lines.There are two first-class articles, clear, complete yet compressed, on infantile idiopathic scoliosis and on diastematomyelia.They can be read with delight and understanding by physician and