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advocates intravenous Mannitol or urea, but no evidence is given to &femonstrate the efficacy of these agents. As regards local treatment, he advocates Furacin gauze followed later by sterile gauze bandages moistened hourly with Zephiran-acetic acid solution. Dressings are changed three times a day. Most Burns Units in this country would find dressing large numbers of burns three times a day difficult or impossible with the present nursing shortage. It is refreshing to see a whole chapter devoted to the nursing care of burns, and the importance of positioning the limbs and joints is stressed here together with the simple but often forgotten importance of washing of hands before and after a patient has been touched. In a book of only 119 pages, it is not possible to mention all details of care, and some points of necessity are dealt with too briefly. Hence we find occasional dogmatic statements such as "a tracheostomy is usually performed in patients with deep neck burns". More precise indications would have been preferable. The book is written in a simple style and is interesting and easy to read. The author has succeeded in his two aims, and the book will be a useful practical guide for those withou't special experience in burns. Those with experience in treating burns will find much of interest, and some unort'hodox ideas.