Book Review
(THE TREATMENT OF BURNS), by Henry N. Harkins, M.S., M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., Associate Surgeon. Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit; Formerly Instructor in Surgery. University of Chicago. 451 pages, fully illustrated. Price $6.50, postpaid. Published by Charles C. Thomas, 220 East Monroe Street, Springfield, Ill.
This book is probably the most comprehensive document published on burn therapy and covers such subjects as pathology, chemistry of burns, primary and secondary shock, early and late complications from burns, general and local treatment, special burns, war burns, industrial burns, the role of the adrenals, of fluid loss, of toxins, of bacteria in burns. Dr. Harkins also correlates clinical practices with experimental studies and digests the views and practices of foremost world authorities.
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