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The 1940 Year Book of the Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat
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and surely the young physician needs a guide on this subject. Chapter 4 is historical and chapter S has to do with state and federal compen sation laws. The disadvantage of state in dividuality in the matter is clearly brought out. The reader, however, cannot be re lieved of the necessity of knowing the quirks of compensation laws in his own state by reading this book because, ob viously, the idiosyncrasies of 48 state laws cannot well be condensed in a read able volume. The last chapter involves analysis of the various methods of evaluating dis ability that have been proposed. The au thor is well qualified to write on this sub ject because he served as a member of the committee of three that spent years in studying the subject and presenting a formula that was accepted by the national bodies. This is the one currently in use and on it are based the state laws with their minor variations. This chapter pre sents the subject very adequately. There is a good chapter on examination of cases of injured eyes and another on malingering. The best known tests are clearly stated. The last chapter points out improve ments that might be made in compensa tion laws. The appendix gives excerpts from court decisions. There is a bibli ography and excellent index. The book is very well written and pre sents the entire subject in a masterly manner. It is recommended for every ophthal mologist. Lawrence T. Post.
pages, price $2.50. Published by the Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago. The appearance of this volume cele brates the fortieth anniversary of the use ful "Practical medicine series." In the interesting anniversary preface the pub lishers describe the ofttimes stormy career of the series. "The Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Year Book antedated the series as a whole and provided both the inspira tion and the fundamental plan from which the series started." It was estab lished in 1901 by Gustavus P. Head, pro fessor of laryngology and rhinology at the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School. Casey A. Wood, from 1901-1925, Charles P. Small, from 1926-1930, and E. V. L. Brown, from 1930-1939, were the editors of the section of "The eye." During these years the small handy-sized volumes have played a useful role in ophthalmic literature. The abstracts were, as a rule, well chosen and well illustrated, and the terse editorial comments were frequently the most valuable contribu tions. The present editor, Louis Bothman, continues the admirable work. The sec tion on the eye consists of 336 pages of short but adequate abstracts of ophthal mic articles that have appeared in many foreign and domestic journals during the past year. The year book is a valuable addition to the ophthalmologist's library and permits of quick reference to litera ture which otherwise might not be avail able or which might have been overlooked. Derrick Vail.
OBITUARY T H E 1940 YEAR BOOK O F T H E EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT. Edited by L. Bothman and S. J. Crowe, with the collaboration of E. W. Hagens. Clothbound, 155 illustrations, 599
EMORY H I L L 1883-1940 On December 4, 1940, Emory Hill, one of our outstanding ophthalmologists, died after a very brief illness.
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and surely the young physician needs a guide on this subject. Chapter 4 is historical and chapter S has to do with state and federal compen sation laws. The disadvantage of state in dividuality in the matter is clearly brought out. The reader, however, cannot be re lieved of the necessity of knowing the quirks of compensation laws in his own state by reading this book because, ob viously, the idiosyncrasies of 48 state laws cannot well be condensed in a read able volume. The last chapter involves analysis of the various methods of evaluating dis ability that have been proposed. The au thor is well qualified to write on this sub ject because he served as a member of the committee of three that spent years in studying the subject and presenting a formula that was accepted by the national bodies. This is the one currently in use and on it are based the state laws with their minor variations. This chapter pre sents the subject very adequately. There is a good chapter on examination of cases of injured eyes and another on malingering. The best known tests are clearly stated. The last chapter points out improve ments that might be made in compensa tion laws. The appendix gives excerpts from court decisions. There is a bibli ography and excellent index. The book is very well written and pre sents the entire subject in a masterly manner. It is recommended for every ophthal mologist. Lawrence T. Post.
pages, price $2.50. Published by the Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago. The appearance of this volume cele brates the fortieth anniversary of the use ful "Practical medicine series." In the interesting anniversary preface the pub lishers describe the ofttimes stormy career of the series. "The Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Year Book antedated the series as a whole and provided both the inspira tion and the fundamental plan from which the series started." It was estab lished in 1901 by Gustavus P. Head, pro fessor of laryngology and rhinology at the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical School. Casey A. Wood, from 1901-1925, Charles P. Small, from 1926-1930, and E. V. L. Brown, from 1930-1939, were the editors of the section of "The eye." During these years the small handy-sized volumes have played a useful role in ophthalmic literature. The abstracts were, as a rule, well chosen and well illustrated, and the terse editorial comments were frequently the most valuable contribu tions. The present editor, Louis Bothman, continues the admirable work. The sec tion on the eye consists of 336 pages of short but adequate abstracts of ophthal mic articles that have appeared in many foreign and domestic journals during the past year. The year book is a valuable addition to the ophthalmologist's library and permits of quick reference to litera ture which otherwise might not be avail able or which might have been overlooked. Derrick Vail.
OBITUARY T H E 1940 YEAR BOOK O F T H E EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT. Edited by L. Bothman and S. J. Crowe, with the collaboration of E. W. Hagens. Clothbound, 155 illustrations, 599
EMORY H I L L 1883-1940 On December 4, 1940, Emory Hill, one of our outstanding ophthalmologists, died after a very brief illness.