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Aids to qualitative pharmaceutical analysis. By J. Priestman and F. C. G. Edwards. Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, London, 1953. (The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.) 144 pp. 10.5 × 16.5 cm. Price $2
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BOOKS RECEIVED Infrared Absorption Spectra of Steroids-An Atlas. August, 1951. American Cancer Society, Inc., By KONRAD DOBRINER, E. R. KATZENELLENBO- New York, N. Y., 1952. 233 pp. Paper bound. GEN, and R. NORMANJONES. Interscience 15.5 x 23 cm. Publishers, Inc., New York, 1953. xiv pp. Symptons of Visceral Disease-A Study of the 308 spectra. 16 x 24 cm. Price $11.50. Vegetutive Nervous System in Its Relationship to MARION Clinical Medicine. 7th ed. By FRANCES The Van Nostrand Chemist’s Dictionary. Board of POTTENGER.The C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, Editors: JURGEN M. HONIG, et al. D. Van 1953. 446 pp. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Illustrated. Nostrand Co., Inc., New York, 1953. 761 pp. Price $7.50. 16 x 24 cm. Price $10. Biochemical Preparations. Vol. 3. ESMONDB. Pharmacognosy Loboratory Manuat. By MAYNARD W. QUIMBY,RAYMOND W. VANDERWYK, and SNELL,Editor-in-Chief. John Wiley & Sons, WILLIAME. HASSAN,JR. (Division of PharmaInc., New York, 1953. 128 pp. 15.5 x 23.5 cognosy and Allied Sciences, Department of cm. Price $3.50. Biological Sciences, Massachusctts College of Chemical Methods in Industrial Hygiene. By Pharmacy. Boston.) Burgess Publishing Co., FREDERICK H. GOLDMAN and MORRISB. JACOBS. Minneapolis 15, Minn., 19fj3. 108 pp. 22 x Interscience Manuals No. 3. Interscience Pub27.5 cm. lishers, Inc., New York, 1953. 274 pp. 13 x 18.5 cm. Price $3.75. Smithsmian Institution-Annual Report of the Board of Regents. Publication 4111. U. S. A Policy for Scientific and Professional Manpower. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, By the National Manpower Council. Columbia D. C. 15.5 x 24 cm. 461 pp. Price $2.75. University Press, New York, 1953. xvi 263 pp. 16 x 24 cm. $4.50. Forty- First Annual Meeting, American Drug Manufacturers Association. Boca Raton Club, Boca Sixth Annual Report of the Committee on Growth of Raton, Florida, April 13-16, 1953. Private the NationaE Research Council, to the American Printing: The Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, Cancer Society, Inc.. J u l y , 1950-/une, 1951. Md., 1953. 189 pp. Illustrated. 16 x 24 cm. Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 373 pp. Paper Canada’s Food and Drug Laws. By ROBERTE. bound. 15 x 23 crn. CURRAN.Commerce Clearing House, Inc., New Second Report on Institutional Research Grants of the York, 1953. 1138 pp. 17.5 x 25.5 cm. Price American Cancer Society, September, 1950$19.50.
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The Book of Health. Uy R. LEE CLARK,JR., and RUSSELLW. CUMLEY, Editors-in-Chief. Elsevier Press Inc., New York, 1953. 768 pp. Illustrated. 19 x 26.5 cm. Price $10. This book was written by two experienced authors of medical articles for lay readers, assisted by an editorial board of 242 associates, most of whom are physicians. They have succeeded in producing an interesting encyclopedic form of text which conveys a great deal of information while omitting detailed scientific explanations. One aim of the editors is to present sufficient information to the layman to enable him, when and if necessary, t o be an informed patient and to know something about living to avoid being a patient. An intelligent layman should obtain information from this book that will help him fulfill the editors’ aim. The text is arranged according to the following chapter headings: Life Begins; The Child; The Body; Disease Producing Organisms; The Respiratory System; Blood and Blood-forming Organs; The Heart and Circulation; The Skin; the Skeleton and
Muscles; The Endocrine System; The Brain and Nervous System; The Teeth; The Digestive System; The Urinary System; The Reproductive System; The Breast; The Eye; The Ear; The Mind; The Later Years; Nutrition; Sickness at Home; Physical Injuries and First Aid; Tropieal Diseases; Sanitation; Medicine and the Law; Medical History; The Medical Profession. The text contains many illustrations and pictures, some in color. A statistical appendix and an extensive index and glossary are included.
A i d s to Qualitative Pharmaceutical Analysis. By J. PRrEsTMAN arid F . C. G. EDWARDS. Bailliere, Tindali and Cox, London, 1953. (The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.) 144 pp. 10.5 x 16.5 cm. Price $2. This pocket-size book is a compilation of elementary information pertaining to qualitative inorganic and organic tests. The text is intended as a review aid for students. 128
BOOKS RECEIVED Infrared Absorption Spectra of Steroids-An Atlas. August, 1951. American Cancer Society, Inc., By KONRAD DOBRINER, E. R. KATZENELLENBO- New York, N. Y., 1952. 233 pp. Paper bound. GEN, and R. NORMANJONES. Interscience 15.5 x 23 cm. Publishers, Inc., New York, 1953. xiv pp. Symptons of Visceral Disease-A Study of the 308 spectra. 16 x 24 cm. Price $11.50. Vegetutive Nervous System in Its Relationship to MARION Clinical Medicine. 7th ed. By FRANCES The Van Nostrand Chemist’s Dictionary. Board of POTTENGER.The C. V. Mosby Co., St. Louis, Editors: JURGEN M. HONIG, et al. D. Van 1953. 446 pp. 14.5 x 22.5 cm. Illustrated. Nostrand Co., Inc., New York, 1953. 761 pp. Price $7.50. 16 x 24 cm. Price $10. Biochemical Preparations. Vol. 3. ESMONDB. Pharmacognosy Loboratory Manuat. By MAYNARD W. QUIMBY,RAYMOND W. VANDERWYK, and SNELL,Editor-in-Chief. John Wiley & Sons, WILLIAME. HASSAN,JR. (Division of PharmaInc., New York, 1953. 128 pp. 15.5 x 23.5 cognosy and Allied Sciences, Department of cm. Price $3.50. Biological Sciences, Massachusctts College of Chemical Methods in Industrial Hygiene. By Pharmacy. Boston.) Burgess Publishing Co., FREDERICK H. GOLDMAN and MORRISB. JACOBS. Minneapolis 15, Minn., 19fj3. 108 pp. 22 x Interscience Manuals No. 3. Interscience Pub27.5 cm. lishers, Inc., New York, 1953. 274 pp. 13 x 18.5 cm. Price $3.75. Smithsmian Institution-Annual Report of the Board of Regents. Publication 4111. U. S. A Policy for Scientific and Professional Manpower. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, By the National Manpower Council. Columbia D. C. 15.5 x 24 cm. 461 pp. Price $2.75. University Press, New York, 1953. xvi 263 pp. 16 x 24 cm. $4.50. Forty- First Annual Meeting, American Drug Manufacturers Association. Boca Raton Club, Boca Sixth Annual Report of the Committee on Growth of Raton, Florida, April 13-16, 1953. Private the NationaE Research Council, to the American Printing: The Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, Cancer Society, Inc.. J u l y , 1950-/une, 1951. Md., 1953. 189 pp. Illustrated. 16 x 24 cm. Division of Medical Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, D. C. 373 pp. Paper Canada’s Food and Drug Laws. By ROBERTE. bound. 15 x 23 crn. CURRAN.Commerce Clearing House, Inc., New Second Report on Institutional Research Grants of the York, 1953. 1138 pp. 17.5 x 25.5 cm. Price American Cancer Society, September, 1950$19.50.
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The Book of Health. Uy R. LEE CLARK,JR., and RUSSELLW. CUMLEY, Editors-in-Chief. Elsevier Press Inc., New York, 1953. 768 pp. Illustrated. 19 x 26.5 cm. Price $10. This book was written by two experienced authors of medical articles for lay readers, assisted by an editorial board of 242 associates, most of whom are physicians. They have succeeded in producing an interesting encyclopedic form of text which conveys a great deal of information while omitting detailed scientific explanations. One aim of the editors is to present sufficient information to the layman to enable him, when and if necessary, t o be an informed patient and to know something about living to avoid being a patient. An intelligent layman should obtain information from this book that will help him fulfill the editors’ aim. The text is arranged according to the following chapter headings: Life Begins; The Child; The Body; Disease Producing Organisms; The Respiratory System; Blood and Blood-forming Organs; The Heart and Circulation; The Skin; the Skeleton and
Muscles; The Endocrine System; The Brain and Nervous System; The Teeth; The Digestive System; The Urinary System; The Reproductive System; The Breast; The Eye; The Ear; The Mind; The Later Years; Nutrition; Sickness at Home; Physical Injuries and First Aid; Tropieal Diseases; Sanitation; Medicine and the Law; Medical History; The Medical Profession. The text contains many illustrations and pictures, some in color. A statistical appendix and an extensive index and glossary are included.
A i d s to Qualitative Pharmaceutical Analysis. By J. PRrEsTMAN arid F . C. G. EDWARDS. Bailliere, Tindali and Cox, London, 1953. (The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md.) 144 pp. 10.5 x 16.5 cm. Price $2. This pocket-size book is a compilation of elementary information pertaining to qualitative inorganic and organic tests. The text is intended as a review aid for students. 128