Pediatrics and the Emotional Needs of the Child

PREMATURE INFANTS. By Ethel C. Dunham. Children's Bureau Publication No. 325 Federal Security Administration, Washington, 1948. x + 401 pp. $1.25. This book presents the most complete discussion of prematurity yet published. It can serve adequately as a manual for the practicing physician or as a reference book for the research worker. Dr. Dunham has exhaustively reviewed the literature on almost all subjects concerning the premature infant. Controversial issues are considered from many viewpoints. The greatest single value of this book is the abundance of pertinent and recent references. This work is divided into two parts. Part I presents the statistics of prematurity. Part II discusses the physiological handicaps of prematurity and oudines the medical care of these infants. This book should be owned and studied by all physicians and nurses who deal with children. -R. B. COOKE