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By Louis A. Buie, M.D., Professor of Proctology, the Mayo Foundation. Price, $6.50. Pp. 512, with 152 illustrations. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1937.

Arch Intern Med. 1938;62(2):354.

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This book is written with gusto and is a fine, enthusiastic achievement. It bears the hallmarks of Mayo Clinic efficiency. It is based on ten years' work in a most active medical center and on a personal experience of over forty thousand proctoscopic examinations. Needless to say, it is well printed and clearly illustrated.

Its title gives the clue to the character of the volume. It is not a treatise for the specialist; but, on the other hand, it is the kind of practical book that any internist will enjoy reading. It will make him realize that he can learn proctoscopic technic; that such examinations are important and that without ability to examine the lower portion of the bowel properly he is an unfinished diagnostician.

There is an excellent bibliography at the close of each chapter. Sensible diet lists are appended that may be useful in the treatment of intestinal . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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