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Edited by John Lynn and Stephen R. Bloom. 579 pp., illustrated. Boston, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993. $295. ISBN 0-7506-1390-4.

Endocrine surgery is one of the more intellectually challenging branches of surgery because of the physiologic complexity and anatomical diversity of the system. This admirable textbook supplies the current scientific background, including discussions of molecular biology and genetics, on which to base sound clinical decisions. When surgery is appropriate, the operative details are clearly described and reinforced by outstanding photographs.

Of the 59 contributors, 23 are currently working at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital in London, and most of the rest either have worked there or have close links with that institution. Inevitably, this introduces a Hammersmith . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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