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Book reviews

Xeroradiography of the Lung and Mediastinum. By G. Tricomi, L. Saracca, M. L. Palozzi and P. Falappa, pp.223, 1979 (Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, Oxford), 70,000L. ISBN 90–219–0401–2

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This beautifully produced book, priced at about £40, has the apparent objective (stated in the introduction) of acting as "a spur to a discussion about the new things that this technique prefigures ... in chest diagnostics". I doubt if this objective will be achieved. The book deserves criticism for many reasons. The presentation is confusing, the quaint English translation (printed alongside the Italian) is difficult to follow and occasionally incomprehensible.