Minor Surgery and Skin Lesions: Diagnosis and Management on CD-ROM.(Evaluation)

Primal Pictures, London, 65 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1 902470 05 2

Rating: ***

Minor Surgery and Skin Lesions resents in a spectacular way minor surgical techniques, and I have never seen them illustrated before with such clarity. The cartoon-like animations and the clear sound track answer many questions that, because of their apparent simplicity, are never asked lest the questioner betrays his ignorance, like the emperor's new clothes. Having practised minor surgery in general practice for 30 years, I found new solutions to many simple problems that I tackled with what I thought was common sense, which is the enemy, I fear, of progress.

Minor …