Bile Salts in Health and Disease

Whilst none of us would pretend that the current slaughter on the roads and the accidents to the elderly in their homes are not terrible criticisms of our present society, one remembers that fatalities on the roads have fallen from their peak in 1934; deaths in factories are decreasing and those in the construction industry are steady.In this light trauma is less of a national disease than carcinoma of the bronchus or cardiac infarction.'Pathology of injury' should not be read by itself, since some of the queries it raises-such as the origin of the lipid in fat embolism-are considered in detail in the orange book.It is difficult to read two books at the same time, but this is essential in order to get the most out of either.