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Communicable diseases
902
FRANK
Am. J, Obst. & Gyne< Mav, lqiR
'rhe excellence and completeness of the presenbttion and the balanee achieved by tho• rlual authorship of a pathologist and a nuliotherapeutist. make the text nr1 outstanding eontri· lmtion on this subject. PHILll' P. WILLIAM:>. '.L'he Acute Infectious Fevers,• an introduction for students and practitioners by Dr. Alexander Joe, is divided into fifteen chapters. One concludes, after perusing the book, that the endeavor of the author to answer fundamental questions which are repeatedl:v asked by students and house officers on the subject has been eminently successful. The author feels that the result of Dick tests show that women in the puerperium are not more susceptible to scarlet fever than others in the same age group. He does r1ot feel that scarlet fever in childhood predisposes to renal lesions in maturity. The author notes a sensible diminution in the mortality from sepsis in the Bdtish Isles, which he attributes to the widespread use of the snlfonamides; he feels an increasing proportion of the sepsis deaths there are due to postabortive sepsis. He recommends the immediate prophylactic use of these drugs after a traumatic labor. The intrauterine instillation of glycerine in sepsis, which he describes, is not a part of the therapy in this country. The safeguarding of pregnant women, especiall.v during the early months, from. <'ontaet with rubella eases is emphasized, although no definite statement is offere
F.
'iVILLIAMf!,
In the second edition of Communicable Diseases,s by Dr. Top and his collaborators, fourteen new chapters have been added. The book is intended as a text and handy reference for all persons whose professional contacts necessitate connection with certain communicable diseases. An excellent chapter in the section of general consideration on the management of communicable diseases in hospitals leaves little to be desired in regard t
Volume 55 Number 5
BOOK HEVIEWR
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ferential diagnosis, and gives an excellent practical schedule for treatment, recommending Hulfadiazine. His suggestions for preventability and control state, concisely, a rigid nursery technique. In discussing chancroid, Shaffer states that the sulfonamides have revolutionized the treatment of chancl'Oid, and refers to the 20 per cent sulfathiazole content of the new Army prophylactic. 'l'he same contributor, in an excellent discussion of lymphogranuloma \·enereum, states that the sulfonamideR are the most practical method of treatment now available, that the Frei antigen is much less effective. Penicillin, he says, seems to have no effect in this disease. Granuloma inguinale, according to Shaffer, is uncommon in Detroit, not over twenty cases annually presenting themselves in the Social Hygiene Clinic. He refers to the difficulty in diagnosis, as the type of person affected has often had such previous infections Huch as syphilis, lymphogranuloma venereum, and chancroid. Antimony is regarded as the most effective therapy, while penicillin and the sulfonamide group have not been found of value. Each chapter gives its own bibliography, while an appendix analyzes the communi(•.ahle diseases seen in the Herman Kiefer Hospital in Detroit over a long period of years. 'l'he text is comprehensive from both a curative and a preventive standpoint of the disease diRcussed, and should be found helpful in many types of practice. PHILIP
F.
\VILLIAMR.
The lectures to the laity in the March of Medicine Series of the New York Academy of Medicine for 1945 are devoted to Modern Attitudes in Psychiatry,9 There are six lectures, each by an outstanding authority in the field, which logically and effectively portray the history and development of this branch of medicine, its application to the individual patients, its possible future trends, its usefulness during the recent war, and its application to the recurrent problems o£ daily practice. To those who .may not have realized the important relations of social and environmental problems of the individual patient to his illness, this book is warmly commended. PHILIP F. \Vn.J.IAMR.
•Modern Attitudes in Psychiatry, University Press, New York, 1946.
The March of Metllcine, 1945, 150 pages. Columbia
FRANK
Am. J, Obst. & Gyne< Mav, lqiR
'rhe excellence and completeness of the presenbttion and the balanee achieved by tho• rlual authorship of a pathologist and a nuliotherapeutist. make the text nr1 outstanding eontri· lmtion on this subject. PHILll' P. WILLIAM:>. '.L'he Acute Infectious Fevers,• an introduction for students and practitioners by Dr. Alexander Joe, is divided into fifteen chapters. One concludes, after perusing the book, that the endeavor of the author to answer fundamental questions which are repeatedl:v asked by students and house officers on the subject has been eminently successful. The author feels that the result of Dick tests show that women in the puerperium are not more susceptible to scarlet fever than others in the same age group. He does r1ot feel that scarlet fever in childhood predisposes to renal lesions in maturity. The author notes a sensible diminution in the mortality from sepsis in the Bdtish Isles, which he attributes to the widespread use of the snlfonamides; he feels an increasing proportion of the sepsis deaths there are due to postabortive sepsis. He recommends the immediate prophylactic use of these drugs after a traumatic labor. The intrauterine instillation of glycerine in sepsis, which he describes, is not a part of the therapy in this country. The safeguarding of pregnant women, especiall.v during the early months, from. <'ontaet with rubella eases is emphasized, although no definite statement is offere
F.
'iVILLIAMf!,
In the second edition of Communicable Diseases,s by Dr. Top and his collaborators, fourteen new chapters have been added. The book is intended as a text and handy reference for all persons whose professional contacts necessitate connection with certain communicable diseases. An excellent chapter in the section of general consideration on the management of communicable diseases in hospitals leaves little to be desired in regard t
Volume 55 Number 5
BOOK HEVIEWR
90~
ferential diagnosis, and gives an excellent practical schedule for treatment, recommending Hulfadiazine. His suggestions for preventability and control state, concisely, a rigid nursery technique. In discussing chancroid, Shaffer states that the sulfonamides have revolutionized the treatment of chancl'Oid, and refers to the 20 per cent sulfathiazole content of the new Army prophylactic. 'l'he same contributor, in an excellent discussion of lymphogranuloma \·enereum, states that the sulfonamideR are the most practical method of treatment now available, that the Frei antigen is much less effective. Penicillin, he says, seems to have no effect in this disease. Granuloma inguinale, according to Shaffer, is uncommon in Detroit, not over twenty cases annually presenting themselves in the Social Hygiene Clinic. He refers to the difficulty in diagnosis, as the type of person affected has often had such previous infections Huch as syphilis, lymphogranuloma venereum, and chancroid. Antimony is regarded as the most effective therapy, while penicillin and the sulfonamide group have not been found of value. Each chapter gives its own bibliography, while an appendix analyzes the communi(•.ahle diseases seen in the Herman Kiefer Hospital in Detroit over a long period of years. 'l'he text is comprehensive from both a curative and a preventive standpoint of the disease diRcussed, and should be found helpful in many types of practice. PHILIP
F.
\VILLIAMR.
The lectures to the laity in the March of Medicine Series of the New York Academy of Medicine for 1945 are devoted to Modern Attitudes in Psychiatry,9 There are six lectures, each by an outstanding authority in the field, which logically and effectively portray the history and development of this branch of medicine, its application to the individual patients, its possible future trends, its usefulness during the recent war, and its application to the recurrent problems o£ daily practice. To those who .may not have realized the important relations of social and environmental problems of the individual patient to his illness, this book is warmly commended. PHILIP F. \Vn.J.IAMR.
•Modern Attitudes in Psychiatry, University Press, New York, 1946.
The March of Metllcine, 1945, 150 pages. Columbia