Urology in Childhood. Series: Handbuch der Urologie / Encyclopedia of Urology, XV supplement. Berlin, Heidelberg,

New York:: Springer-Verlag, 1974., 1974. 8vo. xxii, [2], 458, [2] pp. 218 figs. Navy gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket. Rubber-stamp of Ruben F. Gittes, MD. Very good. This text is meant as a supplement to the author's 1959 book of the same title. This works revises work in the prior publication. With new contributions included from G. H. Newns, 'Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia', and P. E. Polani, S. M. Kohlinsky, & J. D. Singer, 'sex Chromosome Anomalies and Intersex States.' / Sir David Innes Williams, British urologist, 'is widely regarded as the founder of the modern medical field of paediatric urology. In 1948, Williams was a resident in Urology at St Peter's. A boy was brought to the hospital who was suffering from urinary retention. Williams was shocked to know that not even senior staff in the hospital had any knowledge on how to treat the child. / Williams also came to know that there was no literature in the field. Deciding that the field needed to be studied more, he began collaboration for a book with Twistington Higgins, a general surgeon interested in urology. Williams, Higgins, and DF Ellison Nash co-wrote The Urology of Childhood, which was published in 1951 and the book became a milestone in the development of child urology.' [Wikip.].