Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy

child with physical defects, rheumatic fever, tuberculosis, diabetes, obesity, glandular disturbances, and speech disorders. There are chapters on problems of children who are adopted, are illegitimate, or who belong to minority groups. There are sections and paragraphs which are well written and accurate. However, the book as a whole, in the opinion of this reviewer, is not likely to increase the knowledge or understanding of children by the parents, teachers, social workers, or psychologists to whom it is directed. The attempt to condense and summarize so many important concepts has caused the writer to oversimplify to the point of misinterpretation and confusion. That the reviewer frankly takes issue with many of the author's formulations is of less importance than that what he does present is not clearly developed, and that the advice on how to handle problems is in the oversimplified "recipe" form which is so seldom of help either to parent or to professional workers in the field.