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C. F. van der MerweMagnesium 1993 Ed. by SW. Golf, D. Dralle and J. Vecchiet. Pp. 432. Illustrated. £46,00/US85,00. London: John Libbey & Company Limited. 1993. ISBN 0-86196-360-1.Thorny J. L. de RavelMaternal-Fetal Toxicology. A Clinician's Guide 2nd edition. Ed. by Gideon Koren. Pp. 824. 175,00. New York: Marcel Dekker Inc. 1994. ISBN 0-8247-8841-9.B. V. MendelowGeneral and Oncologic Haematology for Nursing and the Paramedical Professions By Peter Jacobs and Lucille Wood. Pp. x + 483. Illustrated. Cape Town: University of Cape Town. 1995. ISBN 0-7992-1618-6.Tim DunneMedical Statistics on Personal Computers* 2nd Edition. By R. A. Brown and J. Swanson Beck. Pp. ix + 138. Illustrated. £13,00. London: BMJ. 1994. ISBN 0-7279-0771-9. Don WilsonManual of Clinfual Psychophannacorogy 2nd edition. By Alan F. Schatzberg and Jonathan O. Cole. Pp. xv + 347. R175,00. Washington: American Psychiatric Press Inc. 1991. ISBN 0-88048-318-0.George DallPhysical Signs in Orthopaedics* By Henry John Walsh and Leslie Klenerman. Pp. vii + 90.Illustrated. London: BMJ. ·1994. ISBN 0-7279-0845-6.

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Two errors in the caption to the cover picture of the SAMJ of 7 January 1989 have recently been pointed out to us by Dr E. E. Oertle. Only one of the sperm illustrated is in fact norm3.J.; the one on the right is distinctly abnormal. Secondly, the slide was given to us by Dr Oertle and not, as was stated in the caption, by Dr K. Wiswedel. Dr Oertle also reminds us that the Spermac stain used is of South Mrican origin (it is in fact his own invention) and that it is thus most fitting that the illustration should have appeared on the cover of the SAMJ

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Malignant Tumors - Mucous and Salivary Gland Tumours, By S, Rafia-Demetrious, M.B., B.Ch., D.M.R.E., D.M., D.S., FFR., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Pp. X + 283. Illustrated. $17.50. Springfield, ill.: Charles C. Thomas. 1970.Myelination of the Brain in the Newborn. By L. B. Rorke, M.D. and H. E. Riggs, M.D. Pp. 108. Illustrated. £5.0.0. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott; Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. 1969.