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This monumental treatise, which has been completely revised and brought up to date, gives a detailed exposition of the various medical emergencies, their diagnoses and treatment. It covers a wide variety of subjects including, besides purely medical emergencies, emergencies in paediatric,gynaecological, opthalmological and psychiatric practice. Also included are some not easily accessible subjects such as poisonous bites and stings, acute poisonings, post-operative emergencies, industrial emergencies, emergencies in tropical and infectious diseases and iatrogenic emergencies.