Traumatic Mental Disorders in Courts of Law: By William A. Brend. (William Heinemann (Medical Books) Ltd., London, 1938. Pp. 102. Price, 7 s. 6 d. net.)

There is surely nobody more qualified to write with authority on this subject. Besides being an able physician, Barrister-at-law and Lecturer on Forensic Medicine at Charing Cross Hospital, Dr. Brend is the author of a 'Handbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology' and editor of Dixon Mann's well-known 'Forensic Medicine and Toxicology', both being already in the seventh edition. Moreover, during the War he was officer in charge of the Special Medical Board for Functional Nerve Disorders and subsequently Neurologist to the Ministry of Pensions; and now, as Medical Referee under the Workmen's Compensation Act to several County Courts, he has specialized in just those cases of which he has so much experience and which are discussed in the present book.

He has done the work remarkably well. He writes with clarity, there is no padding and the book is interesting and readable. He discusses the difficulties which are liable to confront an inexperienced medical witness, owing to the rigidity of Court procedure, which is also reviewed, relates many interesting cases to illustrate his points, criticizes the Workmen's