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Edited by T.S. Chen and P.S. Chen. 313 pp., illustrated. Pearl River, N.Y., Parthenon, 1995. $88. ISBN 1-85070-365-5.

This is an odd book. The editors, a professor of pathology and a professor of radiology, have not written a history of gastroenterology but have collected 21 already published essays (dating from 1960 to 1988) to take "a backward look" at the emergence of the science and practice of a branch of medicine that has become immensely popular. Yet it is an interesting book. The editors' aim, which is ambitious, is to outline the scientific foundations of gastroenterology, the impact of technology on this specialty, and the evolution of concepts of specific diseases. Lacking any editorial guidance, the meal they . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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