The Canadian nurse . Wendy Fidlar, former Clini-cal Instructor, Childrens Hospital, Win-nipeg. A surgical text, as we know, is a neces-sity for every student nurse during the earlypart of her training. Dr. Cairney, wellqualified after 20 years of lecturing on thissubject to student nurses, has given us avolume that can be used to great advantage 720 by both instructor and student. I believe thefirst-year student can gain a good basicunderstanding of the subject from his ex-plained terminology and concrete presenta-tion. Anatomy and physiology are wellrelated in the surgical teachings. The mate
The Canadian nurse . Wendy Fidlar, former Clini-cal Instructor, Childrens Hospital, Win-nipeg. A surgical text, as we know, is a neces-sity for every student nurse during the earlypart of her training. Dr. Cairney, wellqualified after 20 years of lecturing on thissubject to student nurses, has given us avolume that can be used to great advantage 720 by both instructor and student. I believe thefirst-year student can gain a good basicunderstanding of the subject from his ex-plained terminology and concrete presenta-tion. Anatomy and physiology are wellrelated in the surgical teachings. The mate-rial includes simplified and accuratediagrams. The entire book stimulates an in-terest in the subject which the student maynot yet have acquired in her training. For the nursing instructor, a desired textmust be useful in teaching the nursing careof the patient as well as giving a clearpicture of the surgical condition and its Vol. 49. No. 9 BOOK REVIEWSDOES A THOROUGH JOB SO PLEASANTLY in r h i SICK ROOM #*p. / LAVORIS CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED. TORONTO / treatment from the doctors point of . some might judge that this editionrequires added notes and explanations. Forexample, psychotherapy, which we find todayto be so important in all branches of medi-cine, gains no mention in the general pre-and post-operative care of the patient. Hintsin good nursing care such as the use ofMontgomery straps, preparation of the skinbefore application of adhesive, keeping adrain in position by . use of a sterile pinadequately taped, are given little attention. Some surgical practices that have advancedin the past few years and are now becomingcommon procedures are entirely omittedfrom the text. Craniotomy and the numerousneurological air studies and cardiac surgeryare among these. The author has succeeded in providing uswith excellent teaching and reference mate-rial for gynecology and eye, ear, nose and; throat work. His opening chapter on pyo-genic infections is also a well
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