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By Maurice Feldman, M.D., Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, University of Maryland; Associate Roentgenologist, Sinai Hospital; Assistant in Gastroenterology, Mercy Hospital, Baltimore. Price, $10. Pp. 1,014, with 358 illustrations and 179 tables. Baltimore: William Wood & Company, 1938.

Arch Intern Med. 1939;63(6):1237.

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This text presents a thorough consideration of gastrointestinal disease. It is written primarily for the roentgenologist and gastroenterologist. The author has systematically presented each subject as far as possible with regard to incidence, etiology, age and sex, site, association with other conditions, pathology, clinical diagnosis and roentgen diagnosis.

In addition to the alimentary tract, disease of the gallbladder, and cholecystography, and also pancreatic disease are especially well presented.

The literature is extensively reviewed, with inclusion of numerous references. As a whole the book is clear and thorough, it is adequately illustrated and it will be an invaluable reference work.

In compiling material for a text on as extensive a subject as this, the author is to be commended on his complete and understanding presentation. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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