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The lighter side of local government
PUBLIC HEALTH.
4tH)
AIiGCST, 1935.
The Literature of Preventive Medicine. By DOUGLAS J. A. KERR, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., D.P.H., Lecturer on Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Royal Colleges, Edinburgh; Police Surgeon and Medical Referee, City of Edinburgh, etc., etc. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1935. pp. 311, illustrated. Price 15s. net.
ForensIc MedIcine.
The amount of trouble Dr. Kerr must have taken in preparing this book and the labour he put into it must have been colossal. He has to his credit, however, as a result of his trouble and labour, what may safely be regarded as the best book in English on the subject and probably one of the best books ever written. For a certainty, when the lawyers discover it-which may take a year or two, since even in a matter of this kind the delays so characteristic of the law operate-it will be widely quoted by them, and expert witnesses will be examined and cross-examined upon it in many a case before the courts. Edinburgh has always been somewhat famous as a school in which forensic medicine was rather well and effectively taught, and the contents of this book, which in the vividness of the descriptions and the gruesomeness of certain of the illustrations recalls Sir Henry Littlejohn at his brightest and most dramatic, suggest that in the hands of Dr. Kerr its high reputation is not likely to suffer. The medical student of to-day is lucky to have such a book in which to study forensic medicine, and it is unhesitatingly recommended to him as it is also to the law student and to the practitioner of medicine and of law in search of authoritative advice and guidance.
The Lighter SIde of Local Government. By C. London: KENT WRIGHT, B.A. (OXON.). George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1935. pp. 182. Price 55. net. In certain circles, this being the year of the centenary of local government, a call is made for a very serious view to be taken of the situation. Possibly it was with the object of ensuring that the view taken should not be too serious that Mr. Kent Wright arranged that the collection of amusing stories relating to people and incidents connected with local government should appear at this moment. The author, who is Town Clerk of Stoke Newington, has gone far afield for his harvest, which is a very rich one, although the
Miss Marguerite Steen who wrote, according to the dust-cover, that she laughed till she cried when reading the book would seem to be more easily moved to laughter than most. The book contains some 40 illustrations by Mr. John Reynolds, the illustrator of 1066 and All That and Horse Nonsense. Most of these are based upon the conventional comic view taken of local government and those who are concerned in it, either as members of local authorities or officers.
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A Pocket Medical Dictionary. Dy Lots OAKES, S.R.N., Sister-Tutor, Walton Hospital, Liverpool; assisted by Taos. B. DAVIE, B.A., M.D., Professor of Pathology, Bristol University. Edinburgh: E . & S. Livingstone, 1935. pp.366. Price 3s. net. This "Pocket Medical Dictionary" was first published in 1933 as a book of reference for medical students, especially during their first two or three years of study. That a second edition is called for within two years is evidence that the book has proved both popular and useful, and sufficient reason for recommending it to those for whom it was intended. J)j('/
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E . Hecht, :\1. .\. (Hon . Secretary, Food Education Society), writes: "P's genial and witty note in the July issue of PUBLIC HE.\LTH (p, 357) was much enjoyed by the writer, as by the Oxford woman graduate. The latter informed him that there are a large number of foreign students at International House, Chicago, the authorities of which endeavour to make these feel at home by supplying them with the dishes to which they are accustomed. She was also able to shed light upon the composition of the two mysterious concoctions to which • P.' made such facetious reference. • Fresh shrimp sub gum cho p suey' is composed of bamboo tips (shoots) cooked with a number of vegetables. It is a popular Chinese dish, which may be sampled, the writer understands, at the Chinese restaurant in London. Fresh seafood egg foo young' is served in the form of rissoles and includes egg and other ingredients. It is likewise, in origin. Chinese. His informant, like 'P.,' was immensely impressed by the astonishing variety of salads available in the States." I
4tH)
AIiGCST, 1935.
The Literature of Preventive Medicine. By DOUGLAS J. A. KERR, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., D.P.H., Lecturer on Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Royal Colleges, Edinburgh; Police Surgeon and Medical Referee, City of Edinburgh, etc., etc. London: A. & C. Black, Ltd., 1935. pp. 311, illustrated. Price 15s. net.
ForensIc MedIcine.
The amount of trouble Dr. Kerr must have taken in preparing this book and the labour he put into it must have been colossal. He has to his credit, however, as a result of his trouble and labour, what may safely be regarded as the best book in English on the subject and probably one of the best books ever written. For a certainty, when the lawyers discover it-which may take a year or two, since even in a matter of this kind the delays so characteristic of the law operate-it will be widely quoted by them, and expert witnesses will be examined and cross-examined upon it in many a case before the courts. Edinburgh has always been somewhat famous as a school in which forensic medicine was rather well and effectively taught, and the contents of this book, which in the vividness of the descriptions and the gruesomeness of certain of the illustrations recalls Sir Henry Littlejohn at his brightest and most dramatic, suggest that in the hands of Dr. Kerr its high reputation is not likely to suffer. The medical student of to-day is lucky to have such a book in which to study forensic medicine, and it is unhesitatingly recommended to him as it is also to the law student and to the practitioner of medicine and of law in search of authoritative advice and guidance.
The Lighter SIde of Local Government. By C. London: KENT WRIGHT, B.A. (OXON.). George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1935. pp. 182. Price 55. net. In certain circles, this being the year of the centenary of local government, a call is made for a very serious view to be taken of the situation. Possibly it was with the object of ensuring that the view taken should not be too serious that Mr. Kent Wright arranged that the collection of amusing stories relating to people and incidents connected with local government should appear at this moment. The author, who is Town Clerk of Stoke Newington, has gone far afield for his harvest, which is a very rich one, although the
Miss Marguerite Steen who wrote, according to the dust-cover, that she laughed till she cried when reading the book would seem to be more easily moved to laughter than most. The book contains some 40 illustrations by Mr. John Reynolds, the illustrator of 1066 and All That and Horse Nonsense. Most of these are based upon the conventional comic view taken of local government and those who are concerned in it, either as members of local authorities or officers.
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A Pocket Medical Dictionary. Dy Lots OAKES, S.R.N., Sister-Tutor, Walton Hospital, Liverpool; assisted by Taos. B. DAVIE, B.A., M.D., Professor of Pathology, Bristol University. Edinburgh: E . & S. Livingstone, 1935. pp.366. Price 3s. net. This "Pocket Medical Dictionary" was first published in 1933 as a book of reference for medical students, especially during their first two or three years of study. That a second edition is called for within two years is evidence that the book has proved both popular and useful, and sufficient reason for recommending it to those for whom it was intended. J)j('/
i" Schools all d U 11 iV('Tsities .-1\1 r.
<. 'h arles
E . Hecht, :\1. .\. (Hon . Secretary, Food Education Society), writes: "P's genial and witty note in the July issue of PUBLIC HE.\LTH (p, 357) was much enjoyed by the writer, as by the Oxford woman graduate. The latter informed him that there are a large number of foreign students at International House, Chicago, the authorities of which endeavour to make these feel at home by supplying them with the dishes to which they are accustomed. She was also able to shed light upon the composition of the two mysterious concoctions to which • P.' made such facetious reference. • Fresh shrimp sub gum cho p suey' is composed of bamboo tips (shoots) cooked with a number of vegetables. It is a popular Chinese dish, which may be sampled, the writer understands, at the Chinese restaurant in London. Fresh seafood egg foo young' is served in the form of rissoles and includes egg and other ingredients. It is likewise, in origin. Chinese. His informant, like 'P.,' was immensely impressed by the astonishing variety of salads available in the States." I