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By William A. Silverman. 240 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1998. $34.50. ISBN 0-19-262934-4.

This is an extraordinary book. Oxford University Press had the good judgment to reprint 45 commentaries William Silverman wrote for the quarterly Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology during the 10 years since its inception in 1987. Thirty-nine have been updated by brief addendums; four include critical responses from readers. As a bonus, the book includes a shortened version of the author's 1994 Windermere Lecture to the British Paediatric Association.

The collection is a joy to read. It evokes a pleasure akin to that at first encountering Montaigne's Essays and sharing the reflections of a wise, erudite, and humane man whose life . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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