The first edition of this book proved to be very popular. A very large number of the readers of this journal appear to possess a copy, as it is frequently quoted. We are not surprised that it should be popular. Victor Heiser, who is at present in India, and the late Dr. Charles W. Young. Many advances have been made in the last four years, but they have not entirely changed the face of medicine...

to +u an<^ practitioner, but it should prov the sanitarian, the non-medical dietitian, and social worker. Emphasis is laid on the physiological clinical and economic aspects, and the chemical .isnprt* of the subject are purposely neglected. The subjects dealt with are the physiology of digestion and metabolism, assessment of the state of nutrition including height and weight tables, food requir...

Colorful, friendly and easy to read, this clinical softback textbook for pediatrics is a good reference for medical students starting their pediatrics rotation. The textbook is broken into twenty-five chapters starting with the medical history and physical examination of a child, to bio-psycho-social factors that affect a child's development, and finally to the diseases of specific organ system...

The Textbook of Contraceptive Practice is a current overview of population control. The authors are John Peel, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Hull and Malcolm Potts, Director of Medical Studies, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Individual chapters cover the various methods: the oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices, withdrawal, diaphragm, spermicides, safe period, sterilizatio...

Dr. Warren's scope is as broad as the animal kingdom, his viewpoint that of the histologist, his intended audience all who are interested in the comparative aspects of animal form and function considered at the cellular level. At a time when newer techniques are daily adding to the bewildering array of facts concerning cells and tissues there is a danger that even professional histologists may ...