Edited by C W Elston and I O Ellis. (£125.00.) Harcourt Brace & Co, 1999. ISBN 044303723x.

In the previous edition of Systemic Pathology, the breast was covered rather meagrely in a joint volume with some other tracts. In this new series, the breast has now received its well deserved separate volume. The authors, largely from the Nottingham group, have done a good job. In 24 chapters (totalling 552 pages) almost the entire spectrum of breast disease is covered. There are many pictures, all black and white almost all of high quality.

Going over all the different chapters would …