TY  - JOUR
T1  - OUtline of orthopaedics.
AU  - PETERSON LA
Y1  - 1959/08/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020278017
JO  - A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
SP  - 276
EP  - 276
VL  - 98
IS  - 2
N2  - The second (present) edition of this well-conceived book is pleasing in its conciseness of presentation. Mr. Adams has very skillfully covered a wide variety of orthopedic conditions briefly, and has presented a conservative, modern approach to the problems of diagnosis and treatment.The discussion of primary tumors of bone is, of necessity, brief, but the reader nevertheless has the distinct impression that oversimplification has arisen. The definition of osteogenic sarcoma as a tumor arising from primitive bone-forming cells is clear, but is at variance other concepts of osteogenic sarcoma in which the tumor, by definition, is required to form neoplastic bone.Lichtenstein in 1953 related eosinophilic granuloma, Hand-Schüller-Christian disease, and Letterer-Siwe disease under the heading of "histiocytosis X." This should have been included in the discussion of lipoid granulomatosis.Regional orthopedics is dealt with in an orderly manner; it covers causative and pathologic aspects, clinical features and treatment. Preceding each
SN  - 0096-6916
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020278017
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020278017
ER  -