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By Kenneth G. Wormsley, MD. Price, $5.50. Pp 80, with 48 illustrations. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 301-327 E Lawrence Ave, Springfield, Ill 62703, 1964.

Richard M. Caplan, MD, Reviewer

Arch Intern Med. 1966;117(5):724-725.

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The author seemed motivated to his task because "concurrent disorders of the skin and alimentary system have been surprisingly neglected by physicians." His compendium is likely to suffer the same fate.

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