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Food and the Principles of Dietetics
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PUBLIC HEALTH.
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The Literature of Preventive Food and the Principles of Dietetics. ROBFRT
H UTCHISON,
M.D.,
By
F.R.C.P.~
Physician to the London Hospital and to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street; and V. It. MOTTRAM, M.A., Professor of Physiology, K i n g ' s College of Household and Social Science, University of London. London : Edward Arnold and Co., 193~. pp. 630. Price 21s. net. This book was first published in 1900, and has been in existence therefore for 32 years, and until this present edition--the seventh-has been the handiwork of Dr. Robert Hutchison alone. F i n d i n g himself in need of a collaborator -he turned, almost inevitably, to Professor Mottram, and together they have revised and reset the whole book. Many of the chapters have been re-written, and few have escaped alteration and amendment in order to bring the matter up-to-date, and into consonance with modern views on a subject that is more and more everyday securing the recognition that tIutchison, when he first planned his book, saw that it should be given. t t a v i n g regard to its authorship and to its age, it is almost impertinent to offer any comment upon the volume. Equally, and for the same reasons, it is quite unnecessary to recommend it to the medical officer of health, or a n y b o d y else in search of information and guidance on the subject with which it deals so authoritatively. -
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The Health of England. By T. \ ¥ . HILL, I~I.D. (GLAS.), D.P.IJ. (CA-~IB.). L o n d o n : Jona• than Cape, 19,3,3. pp. ,301. Price 6s. net. Dr. Hill has been an assistant medical officer of health in \Villesden, and at present is deputy medical officer of health of \Vest H a m . As a result of the experience gained in these two important positions he has become profoundly dissatisfied with the public health organisation of this country, if not indeed with the scheme of things generally. " The whole structure of Society," he says, " creaks under the weight of old and worn-out ideas, ready to fall. Must we lie a m o n g its shattered ruins, or have we something to replace it? \Ve are swept like frail barques on the crest of a mighty tide. Can we control its dynamic forces? C a n we build order out of chaos,
Medicine.
hope out of despair, realisation out of futility ?" Based upon the same experience is his belief that there is a way out and h i s determination to build, like the late William Blake, Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land. His views as to how this is to be done, so far as regards public health, at any rate, are contained in this volume. T h e y meet, it may be noted, with the approval of Sir W . Arbuthnot Lane, but are not to be taken as necessarily shared by the West Ham County Borough Council. Natural Childbirth.
By GRANTIA' DI(K READ, London : William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., 1983. pp. 127. Price 7s. 6d. net. " The perfect labour is the painless labour without anzesthesia, carried out by natural processes from beginning to end, influenced by natural emotions and perfected by the h a r m o n y of the mechanism." In these words the author of this book expresses his belief, and in its pages he sets out how the end he aims at may be secured. Dr. Read writes convincingly and well, and the book is interesting and well worth consideration. M.A.,
M.D.
(CAMBR1DGF).
Practical Food Inspection.
By CHARLES R. A.
MARTIN, M.R.S.I., A.M.I.S.E., Senior Sani-
tary Inspector, Whitstable. In two volumes. Vol I I - - F i s h , Poultry and Other Foods. L o n d o n : H. K . Lewis and Co., Ltd., 198,3. pp. 249, illustrated. Price 10s. 6d. net. T h e first volume of Mr. Martin's work, which dealt with the meat of animals killed in slaughterhouses, appeared some months ago, and has already been reviewed. In this present volume matters relating to fish, poultry, game, vegetables and other food articles are considered, and much information of real value to the inspector is given. A criticism offered to the previous volume was to the effect that some part of the author's discussion was possibly a little too scientific, coming from one who had not undergone a complete training in pathology. The ground covered in this volume is rather less specialised, and Mr. Martin, an inspector of experience, is more definitely within his own field and has every opportunity of treating of matters with which he has had to deal, and in regard to which he
PUBLIC HEALTH.
a47
The Literature of Preventive Food and the Principles of Dietetics. ROBFRT
H UTCHISON,
M.D.,
By
F.R.C.P.~
Physician to the London Hospital and to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street; and V. It. MOTTRAM, M.A., Professor of Physiology, K i n g ' s College of Household and Social Science, University of London. London : Edward Arnold and Co., 193~. pp. 630. Price 21s. net. This book was first published in 1900, and has been in existence therefore for 32 years, and until this present edition--the seventh-has been the handiwork of Dr. Robert Hutchison alone. F i n d i n g himself in need of a collaborator -he turned, almost inevitably, to Professor Mottram, and together they have revised and reset the whole book. Many of the chapters have been re-written, and few have escaped alteration and amendment in order to bring the matter up-to-date, and into consonance with modern views on a subject that is more and more everyday securing the recognition that tIutchison, when he first planned his book, saw that it should be given. t t a v i n g regard to its authorship and to its age, it is almost impertinent to offer any comment upon the volume. Equally, and for the same reasons, it is quite unnecessary to recommend it to the medical officer of health, or a n y b o d y else in search of information and guidance on the subject with which it deals so authoritatively. -
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The Health of England. By T. \ ¥ . HILL, I~I.D. (GLAS.), D.P.IJ. (CA-~IB.). L o n d o n : Jona• than Cape, 19,3,3. pp. ,301. Price 6s. net. Dr. Hill has been an assistant medical officer of health in \Villesden, and at present is deputy medical officer of health of \Vest H a m . As a result of the experience gained in these two important positions he has become profoundly dissatisfied with the public health organisation of this country, if not indeed with the scheme of things generally. " The whole structure of Society," he says, " creaks under the weight of old and worn-out ideas, ready to fall. Must we lie a m o n g its shattered ruins, or have we something to replace it? \Ve are swept like frail barques on the crest of a mighty tide. Can we control its dynamic forces? C a n we build order out of chaos,
Medicine.
hope out of despair, realisation out of futility ?" Based upon the same experience is his belief that there is a way out and h i s determination to build, like the late William Blake, Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land. His views as to how this is to be done, so far as regards public health, at any rate, are contained in this volume. T h e y meet, it may be noted, with the approval of Sir W . Arbuthnot Lane, but are not to be taken as necessarily shared by the West Ham County Borough Council. Natural Childbirth.
By GRANTIA' DI(K READ, London : William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., 1983. pp. 127. Price 7s. 6d. net. " The perfect labour is the painless labour without anzesthesia, carried out by natural processes from beginning to end, influenced by natural emotions and perfected by the h a r m o n y of the mechanism." In these words the author of this book expresses his belief, and in its pages he sets out how the end he aims at may be secured. Dr. Read writes convincingly and well, and the book is interesting and well worth consideration. M.A.,
M.D.
(CAMBR1DGF).
Practical Food Inspection.
By CHARLES R. A.
MARTIN, M.R.S.I., A.M.I.S.E., Senior Sani-
tary Inspector, Whitstable. In two volumes. Vol I I - - F i s h , Poultry and Other Foods. L o n d o n : H. K . Lewis and Co., Ltd., 198,3. pp. 249, illustrated. Price 10s. 6d. net. T h e first volume of Mr. Martin's work, which dealt with the meat of animals killed in slaughterhouses, appeared some months ago, and has already been reviewed. In this present volume matters relating to fish, poultry, game, vegetables and other food articles are considered, and much information of real value to the inspector is given. A criticism offered to the previous volume was to the effect that some part of the author's discussion was possibly a little too scientific, coming from one who had not undergone a complete training in pathology. The ground covered in this volume is rather less specialised, and Mr. Martin, an inspector of experience, is more definitely within his own field and has every opportunity of treating of matters with which he has had to deal, and in regard to which he