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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:443-4 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

GUIDING THE SURGEON'S HAND. THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN SURGICAL PATHOLOGY. Edited by Juan Rosai. Washington, D.C., American Registry of Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 1997. $40.00, 295 pp.

Howard D. Dorfman, M.D.

In the introductory chapter to this superbly edited chronicle of American surgical pathology, Rosai quotes Stout's dictum that "it is impossible to do intelligent surgery without a thorough understanding of the pathology of disease and it is equally impossible to make an intelligent interpretation of pathology without a clear understanding of its clinical implications." These truths today seem self-evident, but they are well worth restating in the current climate of deemphasis on scientific medicine consequent to the usurpation of medical care by political and business interests.

The timing of this book is particularly fortunate because many people who are still . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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