1 Other symbols used to identify books listed in this section have the following meanings:

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   1 Means that texts in such areas are usually of little use to an attorney.

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   2 Means that a new edition of this text is currently in preparation.

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   3 Means that these texts are good, but are getting old.

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   4 Means that these two volumes translate the code numbers for diagnosis and surgery appearing on the discharge sheet of most hospital records. These codes may be vital to a legal action, as illustrated in one of our current malpractice cases in which the code number E930.0 was listed. This number translates as Complications and Misadventures in Operative Therapeutic Procedures In Surgical Treatment, Excluding Effects of Anesthetic Management

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   5 Many valuable standards and recommendations are available from sources such as the American College of Surgeons, the American Hospital Association (also see their section on “Emergency Services” in their Accreditation Manual for Hospitals), the A.M.A., and the American Heart Association. As to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the standards are now officially detailed in 227 (7) (Supplement) J.A.M.A. (Feb. 18, 1974) authored by the National Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care, cosponsored by the American Heart Association and National Academy of Science's National Research Council. Reprints are available from the American Heart Association, Distribution Dept., 44 East 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010.

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   6 This work is especially valuable for two reasons. First, it is written by the A.C.S. and, as such, its authoritativeness is difficult to deny. Second, it clearly details the proper method for diagnosing and treating most injuries and is particularly thorough in the field of fractures.

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   7 This text is essential for any medicolegal library.

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   8 This little book is frequently carried by interns and residents.

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   9 This paperback book is a handy reference to ascertain the significance of various results of laboratory tests.

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    10 Also see the Standards for Obstetric-Gynecologic Hospital Services by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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    11 In addition to the A.C.S. text referred to above and DePalma, one should also consult in any fracture case two standard treatises now out-ofprint: Watson-Jones, Fractures and Joint Injuries (Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, Md., 2 vol. 1955) and Conwell & Reynolds, Key and ConwelFs Management of Fractures, Dislocations and Sprains (W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1961).

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    12 The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (430 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago) has several other useful publications.

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    13 There are, of course, many excellent texts on the various specialties, for example: Lindskog, el al, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery with Related Pathology (Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York, N.Y., 3d ed. 1973) (excellent): Gibbons, et al, Surgery of the Chest (W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 2d ed. 1969) (also excellent but older); Welch, Surgery of the Stomach and Duodenum (Little, Brown and Co., Boston, Ma., 5th ed. 1973); Youmans, Neurological Surgery (W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 1973) ($114.00); Jaffe, Cataract Surgery and its Complications (C. V. Mosby, St. Louis, Mo., 1972); Dodson, Urological Surgery (C. V. Mosby, St. Louis, Mo., 4th ed. 1970).

2 See the introduction to Section I supra.