Genetics for the clinician / C.A. Clarke.

  • Clarke, Cyril A. (Cyril Astley)
Date:
1964
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    In the new edition of his book Dr Clarke has added new chapters on Heredity and Diseases of the Respiratory System, Some Neuro¬ psychiatrie Considerations and Heredity and Renal Disease. The chapter on Natural Selection in Man has been re-written and con¬ siderably enlarged. Many of the other chap¬ ters have been brought up to date and this in most cases has meant expansion of the text. Some Reviews of the First Edition 'This book should achieve the author's aim. His presentation is vigorous and concise; the illustrations and diagrams are clear. The chapters on population genetics and elemen¬ tary statistics are especially readable for the novice. . . the range is wide and doctors will find the book well worth reading.'—The Lancet. 'I hope every medical student will read this book and that every doctor who still retains an interest in Medicine, whether therapeutic or preventive, will spare the time and effort needed to digest its contents.'—Developmental Medical and Child Neurology. 'This is an excellent book and the author is much to be congratulated. It provides a read¬ able and up-to-date account of genetics, readily understandable to clinicians, and these days it is becoming increasingly necessary for aU clinicians to have such understanding. This book can be strongly recommended.' Medical Journal of Australia. 'Most clinicians have a lamentable ignorance of the mechanisms of heredity and their relevance to everyday medicine, and there has hitherto been no whoUy satisfactory, concise and comprehensive source of information on genetics for the uninitiated. The clinician's ignorance may now be dispelled for the sum of 47s 6d and some hours of thoroughly enjoyable, if concentrated, bedtime reading of this book... most agreeably set out and is plentifully illustrated with excellent diagrams and clinical photographs—strongly recom¬ mended.'—Eugenics Review. 50s net