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Editors: Volker Schumpelick, Georg Arlt, Joachim Conze, Karsten Junge Publisher: Thieme –   329 pages with 512 illustrations Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The term hernia is derived from Greek language meaning young shoot. It is essentially a protrusion through a preformed or secondary gap. An external hernia passes through the abdominal wall and becomes visible on the surface of the body. Meanwhile an internal hernia results from protrusion into a peritoneal pocket. Interparietal hernias of the abdominal wall occupy an intermediate position. Intra- and retroperitoneal organs can be displaced constantly and intermittently with the hernia. Complete and incomplete (partial...

Editors: H.A. Curry, N. Jardine, J.A. Secord, and E.C. Spary Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 656 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This volume is a history of nature from the sixteenth century to the present. To quote the editors, “from Aztec accounts of hibernating hummingbirds to contemporary television spectaculars, human encounters with nature have long sparked wonder, curiosity and delight.” Thirty-four specialists in various aspects of natural history and science hailing from 11 countries –  Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany Holland, Hungary, Italy, South Korea, Spain, the United Kingdom, and United States – wrote the 32 chapters of this...