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S. Godfrey, M. D., and J. D. Baum, M. D., editors CLINICAL PAEDIATRIC PHYSIOLOGY Oxford, England: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1979, 536 pp. ,$56.25.
There is no textbook similar to Clinical Paediatric Physiology in the American pediatrie literature. One would have hoped that this book would fulfill the purpose stated by the authors in the preface: "to provide a physiological background to assist the practicing paediatrician to understand the clinical problems he meets in his work." And furthermore, one looked forward to having a reference text for a concise but thorough correlation of the physiologic and clinical aspects of various pediatrie subjects; if this were the case, the need to wade through lengthy, detailed textbooks might finally be obviated.
Unfortunately, these hopes have been only partially fulfilled by the authors of...