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Edited by George Morrison Coates, Harry P. Schenck, and M. Valentine Miller. Price, not given. Pp. 3868, with line tones, half tones, and color plates. W. F. Prior Company, Inc., Hagerstown, Md., 1956.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1957;66(3):370.

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There is no doubt that this is a monumental work compiling recent investigations and studies in the entire field of otolaryngology. It is up to date. Although the 120 contributors are leaders in the field of otolaryngology in America, the work is of world-wide significance, as the references and bibliographical material will testify. Since the loose-leaf system is used, the revisions of the chapters supplied from time to time will make it a medical encyclopedia rather than a textbook, which, as we know, is too soon obsolete.

Included is a separate index with about 5000 references, making it easy for the student to refer to any subject or author. This work should be in every teaching institution, both as a readily available cross reference to recent literature and as a basis for the training of candidates for the American Board of Otolaryngology. As stated in the preface, the courses offered . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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