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Essential Radiology in Head Injury: A Diagnostic Atlas of Skull Trauma. By D. Mok and L. Kreel, pp. x + 215, 1988 (Heinemann, London), £35.00. ISBN 0–433–00041–4

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Some 15 years after the clinical introduction of computed tomography in Britain, a large number of conventional radiographs continue to be performed each year for suspected cranial and facial injuries, and there is a diminishing number of doctors competent or confident enough to interpret them. This has caused much wringing or washing of hands according to taste or temperament, but not by the authors of this book: a junior doctor in orthopaedics and an experienced senior radiologist, whose response to this problem has been more constructive. Recognizing the difficulties of young doctors working in Accident and Emergency Departments when they are faced with radiographs of the skull and facial bones, Drs Mok and and Kreel have produced a practical atlas for ready reference when dealing with head injuries.