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BOOK REVIEWS Dr. P e t e r Reedy, I10 Prirnrose Dr., New Hyde P a r k , L. I., N. Y. Dr. I r a Mauriee Rosentha], 607 Avenue C, Brooklyn 18, N. Y. Dr. 3s Schaffran, 12 Fox St., Aurora, Ill. Dr. J a c k J. Schwartz, 60 S. 3s Ave., E a s t Orange, N. J. Dr. Milton Philip Shoob, 212-04 73rd Ave., Baysid% L. I%, N. Y. Dr. William H e n r y Smith, 51 Bedford Rd., K a t o n a h , N. Y. Dr. Gerald So]omons, Charles V. Chapin Hospital, Providence 8, R. I. Dr. M a r y E l i z a b e t h Steinheimer, U. S. A r m y Hospital~ Ft. George G. Meade, Md. Dr. Carter Stilson, 309 Edwards St., New Haven, Conn. Dr. A v r o n Y. Sweet, Mt. Sinai Hospital, 5th Ave. and 100th St., New York 29, N.Y. Dr. Rudolf Toch, 20th S t a t i o n tIospitat, A P e 407, c/o PM, New York, N. Y. Dr. Louis I r a Tyler, Jr., 6820 Goodwood Ave., B a t o n Rouge 6~ La. Dr. F r a n k Conrad Vogt, 557 79th S t , Brooklyn 9, N. Y. Dr. H e r m a n n Vollmer, 25 Central P a r k West, New York, N. Y. Dr. J o h n Watchko, I n d i a n a T h e a t r e Bldg., Indiana, Pa. Dr. Walter Brown Watson, U. S. Army Hospital, Ft. IIamilton, Brooklyn 9, N. Y. Dr. Leo F. Y. Wilking, Jr., 161 E. 62nd St., New York 21, N. Y. Dr. Virginia Nichols Wilking~ 161 E. 62nd St., New York 21, N. Y. Dr. William M a r t i n Wiseman, 1942 S t u a r t St:, Brooklyn 29, N. Y. The next examination will be at Washington~ D. C., May 2~ 3, and 4~ 1952. On April 12, 1952, the Pediatric Clinic at Berne, Switzerland, will celebrate t h e 6 5 t h b i r t h d a y of its chief, ProL Dr. Glanzmann. Prof. Glanzmann is well known to American
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pediatricians through his pediatri%textbook, and his numerous contributions i a the field of hematology. The JOUt~NAL extends its felicitations. On Feb. I8p 1952, t h e lYiichael lgeese IZiospital opened a Child Care U n i t in the Institute for Psychosomatic and :Psychiatric Research and Training. This unit is intended for the care of all phases of psychiatric anct psychosomatic problems in children. Children, approximately between the ages Of 6 and 12 years, will be accepted for observation, diagnosis, and evaluation and for short- or longterm therapy. The children will be offered the benefit of psychiatric, pediatric, psychologic, electr oencephalogr aphie, and other laboratory facilities for diagnosis. Specially trained personnel in the nursing, occupational therapy, and teaching specialties are available as auxiliary therapists. Beds are available for private patients of recognized psychiatrists who will be in com101ere charge o f their patients. These psychiatrists will have the use of play therapy rooms and the full cooperation of the resident and full-time auxiliary s t a f f of -the unit. Psychosomatic patients m n s t be under the joint care of a pediatrician and a child psychiatrist. A n immediate opening for a fellow in pediatric cardiology is no.w available in the children's division of Cook County Hospital. Training in angiocardlography and catheterization if desired. For f u r t h e r details, communicate with: Dr. Benjamin M. Gasul, 700 S. Wood St., Cook County Children's Itospi~ tal, Chicago, Ill.
B o o k Reviews Going to t h e Hospital. P r e p a r e d b y The Child Development Center, C h i l d r e n ' s Hospital of the E a s t Bay, Oakland, C a l i f , 1951. This is one of the most clever booklets t h a t has ever come across the e d i t o r ' s desk, and we believe will be found among the most useful. I t is simply a drawing 'book to be given to children a few days before t h e y go to the hospital for a tonsillectomy, w i t h the purpose of p r e p a r i n g the child for
the experience. I t i.s a small booklet, 8 b y 10 inehes~ w i t h nine pages of exceedi n g l y good outline drawings b y Mildred Bronson to be colored b y t h e - c h i l d . If something similar has been done befor% a n d is in use i n other institutions, i t has not come to our attention, I t is so simple a n d psychologically sound one wonders why someone has not thought of it before. The first d r a w i n g to b e colored finds the child back .i~ bed at home relating his hos-
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p!tal experience to a playmate. This is excellent psychology as the child is impressed at the very beginning t h a t he is coming back to his own home and will not be left at the hospital. I n the n e x t seven drawings the hospital experience is told. The fir.st two show him in the hospital waiting room w i t h his mother, where a ' ~ f u n n y s h i r t " has been put on. The third sees him leaving his mother and going upstairs w i t h the nurse. Thus he is prepared for the separation f r o m the parents t h a t takes place and which .so f r e q u e n t l y produces emotional outbreaks and upsets. I n the fourth he is in the operating room where he " c l i m b s u p on a high b e d , " and meets his doctor who has a " w h i t e cloth tied round his h e a d . " He tells how the mask was put on and soon he was f a s t asleep. The next two drawings find him in the w a r d with other children and ' ' lY[ummy has come b a c k . " The next .shows " D a d d y " carrying him out to his car the following morning, and the last, llke the first, finds him in bed at home, finishing the s t o r y s t a r t e d in the first drawing. I n this direct way the child learns w h a t will happen to him when he has his tonsils t a k e n out, and is psychologically p r e p a r e d for the hospital experiences which are likely to cause trauma, such as the f e a r of being deserted by his parents and l e f t at the hospital, a n d the necessary separation from the mother. No verbal preparation could posMb]y prepare the child so well for the experience. 570 price, or as to w h e t h e r the drawing book could be obtained b y other doctors or institutions, came w i t h the booklet, and so a letter of enquiry was sent to Dr. L uzzatti, Medical Director of the h~spital in Oakland~ suggesting it be made available to o~hers. W h a t we really w a n t e d was to Obtain copies to give to children in our own practice. Dr. Luzzatti replied t h a t the response to the booklet had been so great, both inside and outside the community, it had been decided to put the booklet on sale, so it could be made available to institutions and doctors throughout the country. However, as of F e b r u a r y 15, " f i n a l arrangements for publication had not been m a d e . " Among the m a n y hundreds of booklets and pamphlets w i t h a specific purpose which h a v e been called to the e d i t o r ' s attention over the years, we believe this
booklet will accomplish its purpose as well, or even better, t h a n any o t h e r we have seen. "This may at first sight seem a rather l e n g t h y review for a " c h i l d '.s drawing b o o k " to appear in a medical journal. E v e r y pediatrician who has seen over the years the emotional trauma produced in some children b y a hospital experience, and the deep-seated f e a r of hospitals and doctors engendered in many following a tonsillectomy, will realize the significance and value of such a booklet. B. S. V. A Manual of Orthoptics. Julia E. Lancaster, Springfield, Ill., 1951, Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 199 pages. Price, $5.50.
This monograph can be divided for discusslon into two parts, the first on orthoptic problems considering the theory and the second on techniques of training. The latter lends itself to a didactic approach and is a clear and concise presentation of the subject, very valuable for the orthoptic technician. The philosophical preliminary is open to criticism for the very factor that makes the last h a l f of the book so good in t h a t there is a tendency to state as proved f a c t s some controversial points. However, it expresses clearly one point of view with regard to the theory. This section should be read in conjunction with other books on the subject. L. T. P. Allergy i n R e l a t i o n t o Pediatrics. Bret Ratner, M.D., St. Paul, Minn., 1951, Bruce Publishing Co., 228 pages. Price $3.75. This is the report of a panel discussion of allergy held at a meeting of the American College of Allergists in 1949 of which Dr. Ratner was chairman. A group of sixteen allergists and pediatric allergists participated--each presenting a d-iscussion of some particular phase. Among these, Peshkin discusses the evaluation of diagnostic tests for sensitization; Lewis Webb IIill, the significance of skin tests; McGee, allergy of the intestinal tract; Dees, neurological allergy; Deamer, environmental control; Glaser, office management of the allergic child; and Overall, drug therapy. The text thus presents an excellent summary of the various phases of allergy as related to pediatrics.
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pediatricians through his pediatri%textbook, and his numerous contributions i a the field of hematology. The JOUt~NAL extends its felicitations. On Feb. I8p 1952, t h e lYiichael lgeese IZiospital opened a Child Care U n i t in the Institute for Psychosomatic and :Psychiatric Research and Training. This unit is intended for the care of all phases of psychiatric anct psychosomatic problems in children. Children, approximately between the ages Of 6 and 12 years, will be accepted for observation, diagnosis, and evaluation and for short- or longterm therapy. The children will be offered the benefit of psychiatric, pediatric, psychologic, electr oencephalogr aphie, and other laboratory facilities for diagnosis. Specially trained personnel in the nursing, occupational therapy, and teaching specialties are available as auxiliary therapists. Beds are available for private patients of recognized psychiatrists who will be in com101ere charge o f their patients. These psychiatrists will have the use of play therapy rooms and the full cooperation of the resident and full-time auxiliary s t a f f of -the unit. Psychosomatic patients m n s t be under the joint care of a pediatrician and a child psychiatrist. A n immediate opening for a fellow in pediatric cardiology is no.w available in the children's division of Cook County Hospital. Training in angiocardlography and catheterization if desired. For f u r t h e r details, communicate with: Dr. Benjamin M. Gasul, 700 S. Wood St., Cook County Children's Itospi~ tal, Chicago, Ill.
B o o k Reviews Going to t h e Hospital. P r e p a r e d b y The Child Development Center, C h i l d r e n ' s Hospital of the E a s t Bay, Oakland, C a l i f , 1951. This is one of the most clever booklets t h a t has ever come across the e d i t o r ' s desk, and we believe will be found among the most useful. I t is simply a drawing 'book to be given to children a few days before t h e y go to the hospital for a tonsillectomy, w i t h the purpose of p r e p a r i n g the child for
the experience. I t i.s a small booklet, 8 b y 10 inehes~ w i t h nine pages of exceedi n g l y good outline drawings b y Mildred Bronson to be colored b y t h e - c h i l d . If something similar has been done befor% a n d is in use i n other institutions, i t has not come to our attention, I t is so simple a n d psychologically sound one wonders why someone has not thought of it before. The first d r a w i n g to b e colored finds the child back .i~ bed at home relating his hos-
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p!tal experience to a playmate. This is excellent psychology as the child is impressed at the very beginning t h a t he is coming back to his own home and will not be left at the hospital. I n the n e x t seven drawings the hospital experience is told. The fir.st two show him in the hospital waiting room w i t h his mother, where a ' ~ f u n n y s h i r t " has been put on. The third sees him leaving his mother and going upstairs w i t h the nurse. Thus he is prepared for the separation f r o m the parents t h a t takes place and which .so f r e q u e n t l y produces emotional outbreaks and upsets. I n the fourth he is in the operating room where he " c l i m b s u p on a high b e d , " and meets his doctor who has a " w h i t e cloth tied round his h e a d . " He tells how the mask was put on and soon he was f a s t asleep. The next two drawings find him in the w a r d with other children and ' ' lY[ummy has come b a c k . " The next .shows " D a d d y " carrying him out to his car the following morning, and the last, llke the first, finds him in bed at home, finishing the s t o r y s t a r t e d in the first drawing. I n this direct way the child learns w h a t will happen to him when he has his tonsils t a k e n out, and is psychologically p r e p a r e d for the hospital experiences which are likely to cause trauma, such as the f e a r of being deserted by his parents and l e f t at the hospital, a n d the necessary separation from the mother. No verbal preparation could posMb]y prepare the child so well for the experience. 570 price, or as to w h e t h e r the drawing book could be obtained b y other doctors or institutions, came w i t h the booklet, and so a letter of enquiry was sent to Dr. L uzzatti, Medical Director of the h~spital in Oakland~ suggesting it be made available to o~hers. W h a t we really w a n t e d was to Obtain copies to give to children in our own practice. Dr. Luzzatti replied t h a t the response to the booklet had been so great, both inside and outside the community, it had been decided to put the booklet on sale, so it could be made available to institutions and doctors throughout the country. However, as of F e b r u a r y 15, " f i n a l arrangements for publication had not been m a d e . " Among the m a n y hundreds of booklets and pamphlets w i t h a specific purpose which h a v e been called to the e d i t o r ' s attention over the years, we believe this
booklet will accomplish its purpose as well, or even better, t h a n any o t h e r we have seen. "This may at first sight seem a rather l e n g t h y review for a " c h i l d '.s drawing b o o k " to appear in a medical journal. E v e r y pediatrician who has seen over the years the emotional trauma produced in some children b y a hospital experience, and the deep-seated f e a r of hospitals and doctors engendered in many following a tonsillectomy, will realize the significance and value of such a booklet. B. S. V. A Manual of Orthoptics. Julia E. Lancaster, Springfield, Ill., 1951, Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 199 pages. Price, $5.50.
This monograph can be divided for discusslon into two parts, the first on orthoptic problems considering the theory and the second on techniques of training. The latter lends itself to a didactic approach and is a clear and concise presentation of the subject, very valuable for the orthoptic technician. The philosophical preliminary is open to criticism for the very factor that makes the last h a l f of the book so good in t h a t there is a tendency to state as proved f a c t s some controversial points. However, it expresses clearly one point of view with regard to the theory. This section should be read in conjunction with other books on the subject. L. T. P. Allergy i n R e l a t i o n t o Pediatrics. Bret Ratner, M.D., St. Paul, Minn., 1951, Bruce Publishing Co., 228 pages. Price $3.75. This is the report of a panel discussion of allergy held at a meeting of the American College of Allergists in 1949 of which Dr. Ratner was chairman. A group of sixteen allergists and pediatric allergists participated--each presenting a d-iscussion of some particular phase. Among these, Peshkin discusses the evaluation of diagnostic tests for sensitization; Lewis Webb IIill, the significance of skin tests; McGee, allergy of the intestinal tract; Dees, neurological allergy; Deamer, environmental control; Glaser, office management of the allergic child; and Overall, drug therapy. The text thus presents an excellent summary of the various phases of allergy as related to pediatrics.