Artificial Respiration: Theory and Applications
ROBERT D. DRIPPS M.D.
This volume is uneven in its impact. A few good chapters, e.g., that by John Clements on respiratory mechanics in resuscitation, are combined with some very poor presentations. Thirty-six pages are devoted to expired air methods without accessory apparatus, and these are immediately followed by 42 more pages on insufflation methods with simple equipment. There just is not enough "meat" to justify this length. The reviewer would suggest elimination of the 12 pages of case reports in Chapter 7 as one way of reducing the size of the book. A shorter, less-contrived offering would educate more readers; the present volume is too detailed, too heavy, and too long to capture one's imagination.
