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The book of health
BOOK
458 Klinische
Vorlesungen.
Thieme
By
Dr.
Walter
REVlEWG Stoeckei.
74
Stuttgart.,
pages.
1!153,
Verlag.
This book is composed of four lectures which embody some of the \viSdom of the The lirst deals with hemorrhage in late pregnancy, the second eminent Professor Stoeeltel. wit.h cancer detection, the third with urinary tract infections iu pregIianCy, anti the f0Ud.h with couception and sterility. expressed closely mirror W~ith respect to placeuta llrevia an(l abruptio, the ideas There is ho\revc!r, a greater emphasis on niethods of current practice ii1 this countrv. delivery from below than is customary here. With respect to carcinoma detection, the most salient feature of the presentation is In the opinion of this reviewer the recommendation of the eolposcope as an aid to biopsy. this instrument has been so successful in German hands that it is worthy of a trial in some of the larger American elinirs. lrrinary infections arc saitl to be transferred by, way of the bIood stream from the intestine. Their develolm~ent is furthered by the compression of the ureter in the pelvis during pregnancy and the concomitant change in bladder topography. Treatment is based in .severe cases. upon the sulfonamides and also streptomycin the author advises extensive study of the In the section on conception and sterility, male. He feels that retroflexion of the uterus may frequently prevent conception. Discussion of the cervix, coupled with the Alexander-Adams suspension, is regarded as a worth while procedure, although it has long been given up in this country. Iodized oil is advised The xut,hor believes that conception may occur at any time for hysterosalpingography. during the ovarian cycle.
Ansprachen.
Uy Prof.
Stuttgart, This various reading,
1958,
pamphlet ceremonial particularly
The Breast
I)r. Georg
Stouckel. Verlag,
Geheimer 1.)&l 7.SO.
Medizinalrat,
Berlin.
136 pages.
is a eompendiurn of eleven addresses delivered by Prof. Stoeckel on occasions from 1925 to 1951. Several of the speeches make interesting those dealing with the cfl’ect of the war upon German medicine.
in Roentgen
illustrations.
Walter Thieme
Diagnosis.
Montevideo,
1X::,
By Xaul Improsona
3. l.elmrgne, lfruguaya,
M.D.
194
pages
wit.h
307
S.A.
Leborgne is to be commended for his luci(d portrayal of the role of roentgenology in the diagnosis of breast lesions. The refined teehnillues of his clinic represent years of study and experience. The roentgenographic findings are well correlated with gross and microscopic pathology in a myriad of conditions. The limitations of this type of examination must not be overlooked. Not only will the physical condition of the breast but also the training and experience of the roentgenologist influence the accuracy of this type of x-ray examination. In the present day when surgery constitutes the major therapeutic approach t.o breast lesions, few roentgenologists will have the opportunity or need to become expert in the techniques so graphically described in this book.
The Book of Health. 1953,
Elsevier
Press,
Edited Inc.
by R. Clark $10.00.
and
Russell
Cumley-.
769 pages.
New
York,
The Book of Health is an excellent compilation of general medical information suitable dissemination to the lay public. The style of presentation is new and progressive. contributors are eminently qualiiled. Briefly, the book is divided into twenty-eight chapters. After introductory chapters describing the beginning of life and the normal development of the infant to adulthood, each major organ system is then described anatomically and physiologically in health and disease. The remaining chapters discuss nutrition, sickness at home, first aid, tropical diseases, sanitation, forensic medicine, the history of medicine, and the relationship between the medical and allied professions. for The
Volume Ullmber
67 Z
BOOK
REVIEWS
459
Treatment of disease is described simply, briefly, and in the broadest general terms with the constant reminder that such treatment is to be administered only under the direct supervision of the physician. There is much useful information included for the lay person to enable him to understand what constitutes health and what constitutes disease. For example, in the chapter on the breast, the necessity for the early detection of cancer is well stressed and very lucid instructions for self-examination of the breast are clearly outlined both in the text and by photographic illustrations. Again, in the description of the management of diabetes mellitus, useful information by text and illustration is provided concerning the testing by the patient of urine for sugar and acetone, the self-administration of insulin, and the care of the feet in the diabetic. The book is remarkably well illustrated with explanatory diagrams simplifying the text, along with many very interesting familiar prints depicting the progress of medicine from antiquity to the present. Perhaps the photographic illustrations depicting cornea1 transplantation, circumcision, and operation for the undescended testicle could well be omitted as being outside the scope of this book. While this book will be of great value to the patient, it will also serve well as an authoritative source of information for the student of physiology and hygiene and the many auxiliary workers in the medical field. Bakteriologische NahrbSden. 52 illustrations. Stuttgart,
By
Dr. L. Hallmann, 1953, Georg Thieme
Hamburg, Germany. Verlag. DM 19.80.
252
pages
with
It is the intention of the author to provide a basis for the rational and reliable preparaof the media for bacteriological diagnosis. This purpose he accomplishes very well. The first gives a general bacteriological The book is divided into two main parts. and chemical background of the principles involved in microbiological diagnosis. The second and preponderant section details, on one hand, the uses of special media such as blood agar and a&tic fluids, and, on the other, the peculiar requirements and idiosyncrases of bacteriological, mycotic, and protozoan pathogens. The imaginative use of a thumb-hole index in addition to a good subject index makes The appeal of this work for the American reader, this a very handy reference volume. however, is limited by the fact that several of the raw materials common to a large number of substrates describedin the book are peculiar to the German market.
tion
458 Klinische
Vorlesungen.
Thieme
By
Dr.
Walter
REVlEWG Stoeckei.
74
Stuttgart.,
pages.
1!153,
Verlag.
This book is composed of four lectures which embody some of the \viSdom of the The lirst deals with hemorrhage in late pregnancy, the second eminent Professor Stoeeltel. wit.h cancer detection, the third with urinary tract infections iu pregIianCy, anti the f0Ud.h with couception and sterility. expressed closely mirror W~ith respect to placeuta llrevia an(l abruptio, the ideas There is ho\revc!r, a greater emphasis on niethods of current practice ii1 this countrv. delivery from below than is customary here. With respect to carcinoma detection, the most salient feature of the presentation is In the opinion of this reviewer the recommendation of the eolposcope as an aid to biopsy. this instrument has been so successful in German hands that it is worthy of a trial in some of the larger American elinirs. lrrinary infections arc saitl to be transferred by, way of the bIood stream from the intestine. Their develolm~ent is furthered by the compression of the ureter in the pelvis during pregnancy and the concomitant change in bladder topography. Treatment is based in .severe cases. upon the sulfonamides and also streptomycin the author advises extensive study of the In the section on conception and sterility, male. He feels that retroflexion of the uterus may frequently prevent conception. Discussion of the cervix, coupled with the Alexander-Adams suspension, is regarded as a worth while procedure, although it has long been given up in this country. Iodized oil is advised The xut,hor believes that conception may occur at any time for hysterosalpingography. during the ovarian cycle.
Ansprachen.
Uy Prof.
Stuttgart, This various reading,
1958,
pamphlet ceremonial particularly
The Breast
I)r. Georg
Stouckel. Verlag,
Geheimer 1.)&l 7.SO.
Medizinalrat,
Berlin.
136 pages.
is a eompendiurn of eleven addresses delivered by Prof. Stoeckel on occasions from 1925 to 1951. Several of the speeches make interesting those dealing with the cfl’ect of the war upon German medicine.
in Roentgen
illustrations.
Walter Thieme
Diagnosis.
Montevideo,
1X::,
By Xaul Improsona
3. l.elmrgne, lfruguaya,
M.D.
194
pages
wit.h
307
S.A.
Leborgne is to be commended for his luci(d portrayal of the role of roentgenology in the diagnosis of breast lesions. The refined teehnillues of his clinic represent years of study and experience. The roentgenographic findings are well correlated with gross and microscopic pathology in a myriad of conditions. The limitations of this type of examination must not be overlooked. Not only will the physical condition of the breast but also the training and experience of the roentgenologist influence the accuracy of this type of x-ray examination. In the present day when surgery constitutes the major therapeutic approach t.o breast lesions, few roentgenologists will have the opportunity or need to become expert in the techniques so graphically described in this book.
The Book of Health. 1953,
Elsevier
Press,
Edited Inc.
by R. Clark $10.00.
and
Russell
Cumley-.
769 pages.
New
York,
The Book of Health is an excellent compilation of general medical information suitable dissemination to the lay public. The style of presentation is new and progressive. contributors are eminently qualiiled. Briefly, the book is divided into twenty-eight chapters. After introductory chapters describing the beginning of life and the normal development of the infant to adulthood, each major organ system is then described anatomically and physiologically in health and disease. The remaining chapters discuss nutrition, sickness at home, first aid, tropical diseases, sanitation, forensic medicine, the history of medicine, and the relationship between the medical and allied professions. for The
Volume Ullmber
67 Z
BOOK
REVIEWS
459
Treatment of disease is described simply, briefly, and in the broadest general terms with the constant reminder that such treatment is to be administered only under the direct supervision of the physician. There is much useful information included for the lay person to enable him to understand what constitutes health and what constitutes disease. For example, in the chapter on the breast, the necessity for the early detection of cancer is well stressed and very lucid instructions for self-examination of the breast are clearly outlined both in the text and by photographic illustrations. Again, in the description of the management of diabetes mellitus, useful information by text and illustration is provided concerning the testing by the patient of urine for sugar and acetone, the self-administration of insulin, and the care of the feet in the diabetic. The book is remarkably well illustrated with explanatory diagrams simplifying the text, along with many very interesting familiar prints depicting the progress of medicine from antiquity to the present. Perhaps the photographic illustrations depicting cornea1 transplantation, circumcision, and operation for the undescended testicle could well be omitted as being outside the scope of this book. While this book will be of great value to the patient, it will also serve well as an authoritative source of information for the student of physiology and hygiene and the many auxiliary workers in the medical field. Bakteriologische NahrbSden. 52 illustrations. Stuttgart,
By
Dr. L. Hallmann, 1953, Georg Thieme
Hamburg, Germany. Verlag. DM 19.80.
252
pages
with
It is the intention of the author to provide a basis for the rational and reliable preparaof the media for bacteriological diagnosis. This purpose he accomplishes very well. The first gives a general bacteriological The book is divided into two main parts. and chemical background of the principles involved in microbiological diagnosis. The second and preponderant section details, on one hand, the uses of special media such as blood agar and a&tic fluids, and, on the other, the peculiar requirements and idiosyncrases of bacteriological, mycotic, and protozoan pathogens. The imaginative use of a thumb-hole index in addition to a good subject index makes The appeal of this work for the American reader, this a very handy reference volume. however, is limited by the fact that several of the raw materials common to a large number of substrates describedin the book are peculiar to the German market.
tion