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Claudia Naidu

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The Bright Countenance-A Personal Biography of Waiter Morley Fletcher. By Maisie Fletcher. Pp. 351. 11 Illustrations. 25s. net. London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1957. Local Sales Agent: Howard B. Timmins, 109 Long Street, Cape Town.

The Principles and Art of Plastic Surgery. Volumes 1 and 2. By Sir Harold GiJlies and D. Ralph Millard Jr. Pp. xxi + 317. With illustrations'- £12 10s. + 3s. 10d. postage. London: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. South African Office: Butterworth & Co (Africa) Ltd., P.O. Box 792, Durban. 1957.

Recent Outbreaks of lnfectious Diseases. By S. Leff, M.D., D.P.H. Pp. xii + 408. 2 Illustrations. £1 15s. net. London: H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 1957_

Human Cancer-A ManUilI for Students and Physicians. By Maurice M. Black, M.D. and Francis D. Speer, M.D., E<;:.A.P. Pp. 273. 34 Figures. $7.50. Chicago: Year Book Publishers, Inc. 1957.

A Synopsis of Regional Anatomy. Eighth Edition. By T. B. Johnston, C.B.E, M.D. Pp. viii + 450. 20 Plates and 19 Text-figures. 28s. net. London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd. 1957.

The Cytology of Effusions in the Pleural, Pericardial and Peritoneal Cavities. By A. I. Spriggs, D.M. (Oxon.), M.R.C.P. Pp. viii + 71. 5 Colour Plates. 40 Figures. 42s. net. London: William Heinemann: Medical Books Ltd. 1957.

Year Book of Urology-1956-1957 Series. Edited by William Wallace Scott, M.D., Ph.D. Pp. 382. 87 Figures. $6.75. Chicago: Year Book Publishers, Inc. 1957.

Essentials of ClinicaI Proctology. Third Edition. By Manuel G. Spiesman, M.D., B.S., LL.D., F.I.C.P. and Louis Malow, M.D., B.S., F.A.C.S. Pp. viii + 316. 129 Figures. $8.75. New York and London: Grune & Stratton, Inc. 1957.

Chronic Bronchitis in ewcastle-llpon-Tyne. By A. G. Ogilvie, M.D. (Dunelm), ER.C.P. (Lond.) and D. J. ewell, M.A. (Cantab.). Pp. vii + 115. Figure 6. 15s. net. t 9d. postage abroad. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Llvmgstone Ltd. 1957.

 


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