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Previous Volume 334:1344 May 16, 1996 Number 20

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Second edition. Edited by R.A.L. Brewis, B. Corrin, D.M. Geddes, and G.J. Gibson. 1685 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1995. $180. ISBN 0-7020-1641-1.

Unarguably, the specialties of pulmonary and critical care medicine have come a long way in the past quarter of a century. This progress has depended on the application of bioengineering, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, and microbiology to the definition, understanding, and in some cases, effective treatment of acute and chronic disorders of the respiratory system. In recognition of the dependency of this progress on such firmly laid foundations, most authors of specialty textbooks almost appropriate these areas of basic science, rewriting them and focusing them on their own specialties.

This book is no exception. It provides inconsistent and, on . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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