Book reviews

In William Stoney’s review of Ira M Rutkow’s American Surgery: An Illustrated History (17 April, p 1082) William Stewart Halsted’s surname was spelt incorrectly. In Alex Brooks’ review of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel (8 May, p 1294) the Inca emperor Atahualpa’s name was spelt incorrectly and his empire was wrongly described as Aztec.