By G Spickett. (£19.95.) Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0 19 262721 X.

Immunologists may well wonder whether there is any need for another volume to complement the many excellent texts that already exist on clinical immunology. Gavin Spickett explains why he wrote the book, saying it was for selfish reasons in that the book that he would like to have had was not available when he was a trainee. Therefore the volume has to be assessed from two points of view: first, does it …