"Second Look" at Journals To Increase Knowledge

To the Editor:—  The usual method of reading only the pertinent articles of subscription medical magazines and then placing the publications on the book shelves, has always seemed to me inadequate treatment of valuable information. To avoid overlooking or forgetting what is new in our profession, it has been my custom for years to review each issue at some time after the first reading. I have considered this a "second look," a procedure often resorted to in cancer surgery where one performs a second operation to detect a recurrence that can possibly be removed.¹The magazine reference section of my own library has been kept up to date with bound volumes of the more important publications, principally surgical, for more than 45 years. As a result, when writing, or searching for detailed information on a particular subject, I have been spared many trips to medical libraries.My second look