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PLAYING FOR LIFE. By \Villiam F. Talbert & Company. Pp. 310. Price $1.00.
with John Sharnik.
Boston.
Reviews
19.59, Little,
Brown
So you have diabetes. So what? It isn’t a disease at all-just a biological fault! You need not concern yourself with what you eat or not eat, or whether your sugar is a fraction up or down. \Vhat are you getting out of life? \\‘ould you like a The main question is, how do you FEEL? dish of ice c-ream, a piece of pie, or a soda now and then? There is no ban against it. There is no longer any need, my doctor insists, to starve the diabetic, or to load his life down with food charts and elaborately regulated menus. .A healthful diet, adequate for the activities of job, hobbies, household duties-this is the base. The right kind, amount and schedule of insulin will insure that the food is properI>- and betteficiall>- used in the diabetic’s system. This book should be a source of hope to the million or more known diabetics in the 1.rtited States. It makes good sense, yet it may be poor medicine for the “novice” diabetic. hIan> doctors would certainly be in disagreement with Mr. Talbert’s philosophy., developed after >ears The diabetic must first of experience with diabetes, and given indiscriminately to all diabetics. Iwrn the symptoms of the insulin reaction or diabetic coma before he knows wh>, he feels as he does and what to do about it. His esperiertces in making Mr. ‘I‘albert’s star>- of his teunis career is urmsuallq- interesting. his bid for the top in tennisdom, which he reached, often tug at the re,rder’s heartstrings. ‘l‘he behind-the-scenes social acti\.ities, which he thoroughly enjoys, are a revelation to the uninitiatedHis rise to the captaincy of the Dal-is Cup Team \,:a~ a in-the-wa?.s-of-big-time-tennis reader. at being relieved of this post, tribute to the great player and man that he is. His disappointment but the good sportsmanship that he manifests, endear him to the reader. Yes--- diabetics iteed not be invalids. Stanle?- J, I’awelek
\..\ PROSPEC’I‘~S: RESEARCH For sale by the Superintendent 25. I). C. Price $1.50.
IN AGID;G. Veterans ;\dministration, 1959. Pp. 125. of Documents, IT. S. Go\.ernment Printing Office. \!.ashington
I approached this little book with a cheerless heart. It looked like another s> mposium that should never have been recorded, let alone published. But the book is a pleasant surprise. Most of the presentations make stimulating reading, and a good bit of the discussion is also of interest. There is, of course, the usual unsuccessful series of attempts to define “aging,” but I suppose tht gerontologists ha\-e to be granted this recreation. (Don’t ask me \vh!.. i The price is right, too. Louis Lasagna
KEHXBILITXTIO~ CEIi’lERS TODXY. A Report 011 the Operations of 77 Centers it1 the I-nitecl States and Canada. By Henry Redkey. Rehabilitation Service Series No. 190, Office of \‘ocational Rehabilitation, I‘. S. Department of Health, Education, and 1Velfare. \\.ashington, L). C., 1959, Government Printing Office. 231 pp., indexed. Price $1 .OO. Many communities are eager to start rehabilitation centers or to improve inadequate facilities already in being. This detailed report has been collected by the Office of \.ocational Kehabilitation to supply information on services, management, personnel, and costs of 77 centers in the ITnited States and Canada.
PLAYING FOR LIFE. By \Villiam F. Talbert & Company. Pp. 310. Price $1.00.
with John Sharnik.
Boston.
Reviews
19.59, Little,
Brown
So you have diabetes. So what? It isn’t a disease at all-just a biological fault! You need not concern yourself with what you eat or not eat, or whether your sugar is a fraction up or down. \Vhat are you getting out of life? \\‘ould you like a The main question is, how do you FEEL? dish of ice c-ream, a piece of pie, or a soda now and then? There is no ban against it. There is no longer any need, my doctor insists, to starve the diabetic, or to load his life down with food charts and elaborately regulated menus. .A healthful diet, adequate for the activities of job, hobbies, household duties-this is the base. The right kind, amount and schedule of insulin will insure that the food is properI>- and betteficiall>- used in the diabetic’s system. This book should be a source of hope to the million or more known diabetics in the 1.rtited States. It makes good sense, yet it may be poor medicine for the “novice” diabetic. hIan> doctors would certainly be in disagreement with Mr. Talbert’s philosophy., developed after >ears The diabetic must first of experience with diabetes, and given indiscriminately to all diabetics. Iwrn the symptoms of the insulin reaction or diabetic coma before he knows wh>, he feels as he does and what to do about it. His esperiertces in making Mr. ‘I‘albert’s star>- of his teunis career is urmsuallq- interesting. his bid for the top in tennisdom, which he reached, often tug at the re,rder’s heartstrings. ‘l‘he behind-the-scenes social acti\.ities, which he thoroughly enjoys, are a revelation to the uninitiatedHis rise to the captaincy of the Dal-is Cup Team \,:a~ a in-the-wa?.s-of-big-time-tennis reader. at being relieved of this post, tribute to the great player and man that he is. His disappointment but the good sportsmanship that he manifests, endear him to the reader. Yes--- diabetics iteed not be invalids. Stanle?- J, I’awelek
\..\ PROSPEC’I‘~S: RESEARCH For sale by the Superintendent 25. I). C. Price $1.50.
IN AGID;G. Veterans ;\dministration, 1959. Pp. 125. of Documents, IT. S. Go\.ernment Printing Office. \!.ashington
I approached this little book with a cheerless heart. It looked like another s> mposium that should never have been recorded, let alone published. But the book is a pleasant surprise. Most of the presentations make stimulating reading, and a good bit of the discussion is also of interest. There is, of course, the usual unsuccessful series of attempts to define “aging,” but I suppose tht gerontologists ha\-e to be granted this recreation. (Don’t ask me \vh!.. i The price is right, too. Louis Lasagna
KEHXBILITXTIO~ CEIi’lERS TODXY. A Report 011 the Operations of 77 Centers it1 the I-nitecl States and Canada. By Henry Redkey. Rehabilitation Service Series No. 190, Office of \‘ocational Rehabilitation, I‘. S. Department of Health, Education, and 1Velfare. \\.ashington, L). C., 1959, Government Printing Office. 231 pp., indexed. Price $1 .OO. Many communities are eager to start rehabilitation centers or to improve inadequate facilities already in being. This detailed report has been collected by the Office of \.ocational Kehabilitation to supply information on services, management, personnel, and costs of 77 centers in the ITnited States and Canada.