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Editor's C o l u m n P E D I A T R I C S AND P S Y C H I A T R Y H E thoughtful and scholarly dispsychiat r y in this issue by Langley Porter,* to whom the October issue of the J OUaNAL was dedicated on the oeeasion of his eightieth birthday, recalled to mind the discussions of " p e d i a t r i c p s y c h i a t r y " by the late J o s e p h Brennemann which were published some twenty years ago. I t led us to reread them after many years, and we found them as delightful and fresh and stimulating as when they were first published. We well recall the f u r o r which followed the first essay. I t had the intriguing title of " T h e Menace of Psyc h i a t r y " f and took issue with some of the trends of psychiatry which had been developing in the decade of the twenties. It was, and is still, an extremely provoking discussion, a n d coming as it did from one of the most distinguished pediatric clinicians of h i s time, created much discussion among pediatricians and psychiatrists. I t led to the second essay on " P e d i atric Psychology and the Child Guidance Movement"$ which was delivered by invitation before a psychiatric society. B r e n n e m a n n d e a r l y foresaw the role of the pediatrician, and the need for the development of men like Aldrich, Spoek, and Senn in the field. We know of no more profitable way for the younger generation of pedia-
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*Porter, Langley: The Pediatrician Looks a t P s y c h i a t r y , p. 275. t B r e n n e m a n n , J o s e p h : T h e 1V[enaee of P s y c h i a t r y , A m . J. Dis. Child. 42: ~?g, 19~I. $ B r e n n e m a n n , JoseDh: l~ediatrie Psychology a n d the Child Guidance M o v e m e n t , J. PNDIAT. 2: 1, 1933.
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trieians to spend an evening than to read these two essays b y Brennemann, whose name to them usually means only the editor of a system of pediatrics. We wonder if the f u t u r e will see scholarly and thinking" p e d i a t r i e leaders of the type of P o r t e r and Brennemann. Or will the pediatrician be so engulfed by the tremendous advances of scientific medicine that he will become merely a highly skilled artisan. Brennemann placed the basis of many of the child's problems of twenty years ago on the mechanical complexity of his environment, and the shortcomings of popular education. A f t e r rereading these two articles one can imagine what his comments would have been today with the development of television and the parental education features of the n u r s e r y school movement in the last two decades. One thing we can be sure of is that it would be rare and racy reading. B.S.V.
"COURRIER" HE
JOUaNAL extends greetings felicitations to Courtier, the new monthly journal of the International Children's Centre in Paris, whose first issue reached this side of the ocean shortly after the New Year. The journal is bilingual, with the leading article by Dr. Robert Debr6 on the purpose of the center and its founding by U N I C E F , first appearing in French, and second, in English. The same repetition occurs in the third section which is devoted to informa-
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tion concerning work with children in various parts of the world. Most of the issue is taken up by a department of " A n a l y t i c a l Bibliograp h y . " Abstracts are classified under some f o r t y main headings beginning with Allergy and ending with Teaching. The abstraets are brief and descriptive r a t h e r than critical. In this issue nearly 500 titles of pediatric interest are i n c l u d e d from over 150 medical journals from all parts of the world. About a t h i r d o~ these are Ameriean journals. An illustration will best give the idea of how the abstracting is done.
workers. Microfilms of a given article will be furnished free of charge and may be ordered by the number given each abstract; for example, " 3 6 " in the illustration quoted above. Should a photostatic copy, or a photographic print of an article be wanted, it will be furnished at a cost of 80 F r e n c h francs per page or double page. The Courrier office is located at the In ternational Children's Centre, 2 bis, Avenue du P a r e de Passy, Paris (16e), France.
R A V I T C I I (M. M.), McCUNE (R. M.). Intussusception in infants and children. (Invagination chez le nou,rrisso~ et t'enfant.) J. Pediatr., U.S.A., vol. 37, no. 2, Aug. 1950, pp. 153-173 (2 tabl., 8 fig., 4 radios.). 36
M received on the change in fm~nat
A n a l y s e elinque de 152 eas. Discussion du traitement: l a v e m e n t b a r y t 6 sous eontr~le radioseoplque, avee u n e t h 6 r a p e u t i q u e pr4op6r~tolre, a~ eours des premi6res 24 heures.
C'[~n4e(~; a~alys@ of 152 cases. D,iscu.ssion of treatme~t: Bqryq~m enema v/~der fluoroscopic ~ontro.1, with preoperative treatment, in the first 2~ ho~rs.
The Cou rrier will be published ten times a year and will follow the same general form with " o n e or two original articles of universal interest and seientifie value on some special probl e m , " the bibliography section, and the information section. The annual subscription has been placed at 2,000 F r e n c h francs (around 350 for $1.00 at present exchange rates) for foreign countries. Dr. Raymond Mande is the Editor. In connection with the analytieM bibliographies, Courrier offers an important service to pediatric research
NEW JOURNAL FORMAT UCH favorable comment has been
which was made in the J a n u a r y issue os the JOURNAL. Most 7 x 10 inch monthly medieM journals, as the JOUaNAL in the past, use a single 5 inch column of 10 point type. This width necessitates a lateral shifting of the eyes to read a line which is tiring to the eyes. A few use a 41/2 inch column, which reduces the extent of but does not eliminate the shifting. Most well-printed novels use a 3aA to 4 inch line. While a 5 inch column is tiring to the eyes in 10 point type, in 8 point it is almost unreadable for long articles. Some years ago the JOURNAL discontinued the use of 8 point type except for News and Notes and Book Reviews On the simple grounds that if an article or report was worth publishing, it deserved to be printed in type that could be read without producing eyestrain. The use of 10 point type set "solid" was intro4ueed At that time for ease histories and other material usually set in small type. B u t the problem of lateral shifting of the eyes still remained with the 5 inch eolumn.
T cussion of pediatrics and
*Porter, Langley: The Pediatrician Looks a t P s y c h i a t r y , p. 275. t B r e n n e m a n n , J o s e p h : T h e 1V[enaee of P s y c h i a t r y , A m . J. Dis. Child. 42: ~?g, 19~I. $ B r e n n e m a n n , JoseDh: l~ediatrie Psychology a n d the Child Guidance M o v e m e n t , J. PNDIAT. 2: 1, 1933.
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trieians to spend an evening than to read these two essays b y Brennemann, whose name to them usually means only the editor of a system of pediatrics. We wonder if the f u t u r e will see scholarly and thinking" p e d i a t r i e leaders of the type of P o r t e r and Brennemann. Or will the pediatrician be so engulfed by the tremendous advances of scientific medicine that he will become merely a highly skilled artisan. Brennemann placed the basis of many of the child's problems of twenty years ago on the mechanical complexity of his environment, and the shortcomings of popular education. A f t e r rereading these two articles one can imagine what his comments would have been today with the development of television and the parental education features of the n u r s e r y school movement in the last two decades. One thing we can be sure of is that it would be rare and racy reading. B.S.V.
"COURRIER" HE
JOUaNAL extends greetings felicitations to Courtier, the new monthly journal of the International Children's Centre in Paris, whose first issue reached this side of the ocean shortly after the New Year. The journal is bilingual, with the leading article by Dr. Robert Debr6 on the purpose of the center and its founding by U N I C E F , first appearing in French, and second, in English. The same repetition occurs in the third section which is devoted to informa-
T and
410
THE JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
tion concerning work with children in various parts of the world. Most of the issue is taken up by a department of " A n a l y t i c a l Bibliograp h y . " Abstracts are classified under some f o r t y main headings beginning with Allergy and ending with Teaching. The abstraets are brief and descriptive r a t h e r than critical. In this issue nearly 500 titles of pediatric interest are i n c l u d e d from over 150 medical journals from all parts of the world. About a t h i r d o~ these are Ameriean journals. An illustration will best give the idea of how the abstracting is done.
workers. Microfilms of a given article will be furnished free of charge and may be ordered by the number given each abstract; for example, " 3 6 " in the illustration quoted above. Should a photostatic copy, or a photographic print of an article be wanted, it will be furnished at a cost of 80 F r e n c h francs per page or double page. The Courrier office is located at the In ternational Children's Centre, 2 bis, Avenue du P a r e de Passy, Paris (16e), France.
R A V I T C I I (M. M.), McCUNE (R. M.). Intussusception in infants and children. (Invagination chez le nou,rrisso~ et t'enfant.) J. Pediatr., U.S.A., vol. 37, no. 2, Aug. 1950, pp. 153-173 (2 tabl., 8 fig., 4 radios.). 36
M received on the change in fm~nat
A n a l y s e elinque de 152 eas. Discussion du traitement: l a v e m e n t b a r y t 6 sous eontr~le radioseoplque, avee u n e t h 6 r a p e u t i q u e pr4op6r~tolre, a~ eours des premi6res 24 heures.
C'[~n4e(~; a~alys@ of 152 cases. D,iscu.ssion of treatme~t: Bqryq~m enema v/~der fluoroscopic ~ontro.1, with preoperative treatment, in the first 2~ ho~rs.
The Cou rrier will be published ten times a year and will follow the same general form with " o n e or two original articles of universal interest and seientifie value on some special probl e m , " the bibliography section, and the information section. The annual subscription has been placed at 2,000 F r e n c h francs (around 350 for $1.00 at present exchange rates) for foreign countries. Dr. Raymond Mande is the Editor. In connection with the analytieM bibliographies, Courrier offers an important service to pediatric research
NEW JOURNAL FORMAT UCH favorable comment has been
which was made in the J a n u a r y issue os the JOURNAL. Most 7 x 10 inch monthly medieM journals, as the JOUaNAL in the past, use a single 5 inch column of 10 point type. This width necessitates a lateral shifting of the eyes to read a line which is tiring to the eyes. A few use a 41/2 inch column, which reduces the extent of but does not eliminate the shifting. Most well-printed novels use a 3aA to 4 inch line. While a 5 inch column is tiring to the eyes in 10 point type, in 8 point it is almost unreadable for long articles. Some years ago the JOURNAL discontinued the use of 8 point type except for News and Notes and Book Reviews On the simple grounds that if an article or report was worth publishing, it deserved to be printed in type that could be read without producing eyestrain. The use of 10 point type set "solid" was intro4ueed At that time for ease histories and other material usually set in small type. B u t the problem of lateral shifting of the eyes still remained with the 5 inch eolumn.