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Directory of Medical Specialists
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Iaxis. Printed privately, price not stated. This monograph is particularly inter esting on account of its many reproduc tions of prophylactic cartoons from Euro pean and American countries. The sub ject is considered under the following headings: prevention; protective appa ratus ; eye examination prior to employ ment; proper illumination and other hy gienic measures in the workshop ; prophy lactic cartoons; education of the work man; education of the general public, school children, and others; creation of private or public institutions for study and diffusion of preventive measures ; periodical inspection of working materi als ; use of protective appliances on ma chines ; facilities for medical consulta tion in workshops and factories ; ocular prophylaxis on public highways ; eye ac cidents in the home; eye accidents in sport. W. H. Crisp. DIRECTORY O F MEDICAL SPE CIALISTS. Compiled by the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties. Clothbound, 2,500 pages. Columbia Univer sity Press, 1942. Price $7.00. The 1942 edition of the "Directory of medical specialists" is a much larger and even better volume than the 1939 edi tion. Instead of 14,000 diplomates, the new edition lists 18,000. Three new certi fying boards have been established in the interim, covering the fields of anesthesiology, neurologic surgery, and plastic surgery. Obviously, the personnel of the older boards has undergone changes. The greatest fault of the first edition— namely, the failure to list both the spe cialty and the state at the tops of the pages —has been corrected. This will add great ly to the speed with which names can be found. A further improvement would be thumb-nail cut-outs for indices, as provided in many large dictionaries.
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This new volume contains more than 2,500 printed pages. As it continues to enlarge, probably two volumes will be needed, for the book is already unwieldy because of its size. It is a fine volume to have in one's possession. The number of times that reference is made to it in the course of the year is astonishing. Lawrence T. Post.
MANUAL ON T H E USE O F T H E STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF T H E CAUSES O F BLIND NESS. Prepared for the Committee on Statistics of the Blind by C. Edith Kerby, December, 1940. Published by the American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc., for the Committee on Statistics of the Blind, New York. This paperbound manual of 26 pages is designed as a guide for those inter ested in compiling statistics on the causes and numbers of cases of blindness. The difficulty encountered in such studies lies in the variations in interpretation that affect the comparability of data compiled by different persons. The guide as issued admirably and within human limits satis factorily answers the problem. Another use for the manual, and one that those responsible for its appearance may not have anticipated, is to be found in the index of diagnostic terms indicating eti ology. The practicing ophthalmologist can use the code numbers as outlined as a cross index of his own cases. In addition they will be found useful as filing guides to his collected reprints and abstracts from the literature. The short manual repre sents an important and comprehensive piece of work well done. Derrick Vail.
Iaxis. Printed privately, price not stated. This monograph is particularly inter esting on account of its many reproduc tions of prophylactic cartoons from Euro pean and American countries. The sub ject is considered under the following headings: prevention; protective appa ratus ; eye examination prior to employ ment; proper illumination and other hy gienic measures in the workshop ; prophy lactic cartoons; education of the work man; education of the general public, school children, and others; creation of private or public institutions for study and diffusion of preventive measures ; periodical inspection of working materi als ; use of protective appliances on ma chines ; facilities for medical consulta tion in workshops and factories ; ocular prophylaxis on public highways ; eye ac cidents in the home; eye accidents in sport. W. H. Crisp. DIRECTORY O F MEDICAL SPE CIALISTS. Compiled by the Advisory Board for Medical Specialties. Clothbound, 2,500 pages. Columbia Univer sity Press, 1942. Price $7.00. The 1942 edition of the "Directory of medical specialists" is a much larger and even better volume than the 1939 edi tion. Instead of 14,000 diplomates, the new edition lists 18,000. Three new certi fying boards have been established in the interim, covering the fields of anesthesiology, neurologic surgery, and plastic surgery. Obviously, the personnel of the older boards has undergone changes. The greatest fault of the first edition— namely, the failure to list both the spe cialty and the state at the tops of the pages —has been corrected. This will add great ly to the speed with which names can be found. A further improvement would be thumb-nail cut-outs for indices, as provided in many large dictionaries.
741
This new volume contains more than 2,500 printed pages. As it continues to enlarge, probably two volumes will be needed, for the book is already unwieldy because of its size. It is a fine volume to have in one's possession. The number of times that reference is made to it in the course of the year is astonishing. Lawrence T. Post.
MANUAL ON T H E USE O F T H E STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF T H E CAUSES O F BLIND NESS. Prepared for the Committee on Statistics of the Blind by C. Edith Kerby, December, 1940. Published by the American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., and the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc., for the Committee on Statistics of the Blind, New York. This paperbound manual of 26 pages is designed as a guide for those inter ested in compiling statistics on the causes and numbers of cases of blindness. The difficulty encountered in such studies lies in the variations in interpretation that affect the comparability of data compiled by different persons. The guide as issued admirably and within human limits satis factorily answers the problem. Another use for the manual, and one that those responsible for its appearance may not have anticipated, is to be found in the index of diagnostic terms indicating eti ology. The practicing ophthalmologist can use the code numbers as outlined as a cross index of his own cases. In addition they will be found useful as filing guides to his collected reprints and abstracts from the literature. The short manual repre sents an important and comprehensive piece of work well done. Derrick Vail.