Book Reviews

We welcome the appearance of the third edition of this valuable book. Numerous additions have been made to the text, and also to the illustrations, which add to its value. The wide experience the author has had enables him to speak with authority, and with most of his conclusions we entirely agree. The chapter on Csesarean section has been considerably altered. The author now advocates closing the uterine wound in three layers. Five silk stitches, which include the whole thickness of the muscular coat, are first put in, then the mucous membrane is co-apted with a continuous catgut suture, the