BOOK REVIEWS

Jesus E. Medina, MD, Editor

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF SPEECH,

Edited by William H . Perkins and Raymond D. Kent, 505 pp. Little BrownlCollege-Hill Press, Sun Diego, California, 1986. $31 .OO This primer represents a unique idea in educational materials. It is intended to provide students of speech and language pathology with “ONLY as much anat- omy, physiology, and acoustics as is necessary to un- derstand how the equipment functions to produce and understand speech.” This difficult task is accomplished using limited technical terminology and a functional approach to anatomy, which conditions the reader to deduct the function of structures more than simply memorize names, origins, and insertions.

The book is divided into three sections, “Speech Muscle Systems and Acoustics,” “Neural Control and Auditory Systems,” and (‘Appendices.” Each of the first two sections contains eight chapters organized sequen- tially to allow for a build-up of information from one chapter to the next. Each chapter includes a presen- tation and discussion, followed by a self-study section. The self-study section contains a glossary of terms used in the chapter, drawings to be colored or labeled, and “fill in the blanks” to questions. Although the self-study exercises are appropriate, the directions for some are tedious. The book is well-illustrated with simple black- and-white line drawings designed to offer a high degree of visibility of the more relevant structures. References are not provided in each chapter; instead, an appendix with a list of selected readings is provided. In addition, the appendix contains a list of recommended audiovis- ual materials, a dictionary of anatomic terms, a brief summary of embryologic development, and the answers to the the self-study exercises.

Overall, the content and structure of this book is, for the most part, appropriate and informative; how- ever, the authors have chosen to include an abundance of information in a single work. Consequently, some of the information presented is not the introductory or basic type of material expected in a primer, and it would be easier for the studeet to understand if it were pre- sented in a more standardized format. With this minor

LANGUAGE, AND HEARING-A PRIMER limitation in mind, it is felt that this text could best be utilized by students of speech pathology as a secondary text for laboratory sessions to reinforce material pre- sented in formal lectures and conferences, and as an excellent guide for those wishing to review such infor- mation before examinations. The authors of this primer should be commended for their efforts.

LISA BURNS, MS JESUS MEDINA, MD

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

ROB AND SMITH’S OPERATIVE SURGERY: PLASTIC SURGERY, 4TH EDITION Edited by Hugh Dudley, David Carter, and R.C.G. Russell, 763 pp. Butterworth Publishers, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 1986. $112.00. In this fourth edition of the classic surgical text, Rob & Smith‘s Operative Surgery, the editors have assem- bled a volume unique to plastic and reconstructive sur- gery. This work is directed to the trainee in plastic surgery or the surgeon confronted with an unfamiliar reconstructive problem. It is also offered to the fully trained plastic surgeon as both review and update of the experience of experts in their given fields. I feel the authors have met their objective admirably.

All manner of reconstructive techniques, as well as the rationale to the approach of reconstructive problems ranging from the scalp to the lower extremity, are ad- dressed by world authorities in virtually every cate- gory. Each of the 60 chapters addresses its subject with the same simple format: introduction, indications, anat- omy, operation, postoperative care, summary, and a short, succinct, appropriate bibliography for further reading. The editors have assembled recognized world authori- ties to speak of their particular areas of interest- McGregor discusses the forehead flap; Bakamjian, del- topectoral flap; Ohmori and Harii, microvascular sur- gery; Kernahan, cleft lip repair; Mustarde, eyelid re- construction; Kaye, blepharoplasty; and Millesi, facial nerve grafting. And, the list continues. The unique as- pect of this text is the preservation of reconstructive considerations that are not commonly addressed in to-

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