Heat Stress and Heat Disorders

and metric terminology in drug dosage is an anomaly. Many will be surprised to find short total diastole time in the arrhythmias quoted as a cause of peripheral circulatory failure, and it is not representative of current opinion to describe restenosis after mitral valvotomy as 'rare'. Limitations of space impose limitations of content, but it seems a pity in a clinical guide to find little or no reference to the management of the patient, despite adequate descriptions of the management of diseases. The subject of long-term anticoagulant therapy in ischaemic heart disease is, perhaps wisely, largely evaded. But these are details for, in general, this is a sound introduction to clinical aspects of cardiology, and it can be confidently recommended to medical students and others seeking a compact, clearly written, and comparatively inexpensive guide to the essentials of the subject. A. MORGAN JONES