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Previous Volume 335:1852 December 12, 1996 Number 24

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By Lawrence S. Nordhoff, Jr. 373 pp. Gaithersburg, Md., Aspen, 1995. $100. ISBN 0-8342-0727-3.

Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries is an ambitious book with multiple objectives aimed at multiple audiences with various levels of background knowledge. The challenge of explaining cephalgia and sciatica to nonmedical readers while stimulating the interest of trauma surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, or emergency physicians is daunting.

The author has developed a thoughtful, practical guide for physicians in private practice for ranking the severity of neck and back injuries. He describes a fairly detailed physical examination for head injuries and provides a comprehensive discussion of multiple syndromes after trauma to various parts of the body. There is also a useful review . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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