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Science without the practice: Spinal Cord Injury, edited by N Eric Naftchi, MTP Press, Lancaster. 269 pages, 93 illustrations. £31.25. ISBN 0-85200-606-3.
A well-established handbook: A Synopsis of Rheumatic Diseases, 4th edition, by DN Golding, Wright, Bristol. 306 pages, 63 illustrations. £9.50. ISBN 0-7236-06277.