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Vitamins in Theory and Practice
1936.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
237
T h e L i t e r a t u r e of P r e v e n t i v e Medicine. The Work of the Sanitary Engineer. By ARTHUR J. MARTIN, M.INST.C.E., M.INST.W.E., M.CONS.E., F.G.S., Past-President, Institution of Sanitary Engineers, etc. London: Macdonald & Evans, 1935. pp. 472. Price 16s. net. A great part of the author's preface is occupied by apology for his book. None, however, is necessary, since those for whom it is intended-these being, in addition to sanitary engineers, all public health workers, medical officers of health included--will find in it a store of knowledge and information accurate, helpful and most clearly put. It is unhesitatingly commended and recommended to all public health workers, whether in office or in training, as well as to sanitary engineers. By the student of sanitary engineering it is certain to be appreciated and must prove useful because, as the author claims, it gives him " a surer grasp of the principles upon which sanitary engineering is based." Balanced Meals with Calorie Values. By CATHERINE P. LLOYD EVANS, Diploma, London School of Dietetics. London : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1935. pp. 130. Price 2s. 6d. net. The object of this book, according to the author, is to give " some knowledge of food values and what foods to buy to get the greatest nourishment at the least cost." Specimen meals are set out which are made up from 121 recipes for dishes which follow. The homely measures, weights of the edible portion, and caloric values are given with each recipe in order apparently that the housewife may count up the weights and calories required for the day, the total amounts necessary to obtain the best value for the money being stated. Apart altogether from the fact that it is unlikely that the housewife will take such a course to effect economies in the daily diet, the dietaries given are made up of many foods which are far from being the cheapest source of the dietetic requirements. Being very varied in character, however, they naturally ensure an adequate supply of the subsidiary food factors to which the author attaches so much importance. By those for whom the book is intended, probably it will be found of value more on account of the variety of the recipes given than because of the assistance offered in securing the greatest nourishment at the least possible cost.
Vitamins in Theory and Practice. By LESLIE J. HARRIS, SC.D., D.SC., National Laboratory, University of Cambridge,. and Medical Research Council. Cambridge University Press, 1935. pp. 240. Price 8s. 6d. net. Possibly, as Dr. Harris, the author of this book, believes, there is need on the part of the " general " reader for a book dealing popularly and in detail with vitamins and " vitaminics." If so, he has met that need very fully. By the time the " general " reader--the kind of person who is taken in by " e x - p a r t e advertisements of patent-remedy proprietors or their commercial travellers "--has finished with the book he should know most of what there is to be known about vitamins in relation to disease and dietetics. Indeed, he will be convinced that so far as these things are concerned there is nothing but vitamins and " vitaminics," Dr. Harris, unintentionally no doubt and entirely because he is an enthusiast and an expert, having failed to make it quite clear that there are or may be other things than vitamins and many who consider that as a result of stressing these " accessory food factors" the existence of others, perhaps something more than merely accessory so far as value is concerned, may be overlooked. In a popular book on health or science, however, it is useless to be half-hearted or to indulge in anything but the most special of special pleading. Because he has been so very whole-hearted, Dr. Harris may be held to have produced as completely popular a book on the vitamins as any " general " reader could desire. The Theory and Practice of Anesthesia. By M. D. NOSWORTHY, M.A., M.D,, B.CH. (CANTAB.), ~kn~esthetist, Westminster Hospital, etc. London : ttutchinson's Scientific Publications, 1935. pp. 223. Price 12s. 6d. net. The author has had wide experience both practical and as a teacher, and is therefore particularly well equipped to appreciate and elucidate the many difficulties of the would-be anmsthetist for whom the book is primarily intended. The matter is arranged so that the reader may first master the basic principles of anaesthesia with the older methods before he passes on to the more modern techniques. Of particular value to the beginner, the book contains much that the experienced anaesthetist or surgeon may read with profit, a n d to these as well it may be commended.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
237
T h e L i t e r a t u r e of P r e v e n t i v e Medicine. The Work of the Sanitary Engineer. By ARTHUR J. MARTIN, M.INST.C.E., M.INST.W.E., M.CONS.E., F.G.S., Past-President, Institution of Sanitary Engineers, etc. London: Macdonald & Evans, 1935. pp. 472. Price 16s. net. A great part of the author's preface is occupied by apology for his book. None, however, is necessary, since those for whom it is intended-these being, in addition to sanitary engineers, all public health workers, medical officers of health included--will find in it a store of knowledge and information accurate, helpful and most clearly put. It is unhesitatingly commended and recommended to all public health workers, whether in office or in training, as well as to sanitary engineers. By the student of sanitary engineering it is certain to be appreciated and must prove useful because, as the author claims, it gives him " a surer grasp of the principles upon which sanitary engineering is based." Balanced Meals with Calorie Values. By CATHERINE P. LLOYD EVANS, Diploma, London School of Dietetics. London : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1935. pp. 130. Price 2s. 6d. net. The object of this book, according to the author, is to give " some knowledge of food values and what foods to buy to get the greatest nourishment at the least cost." Specimen meals are set out which are made up from 121 recipes for dishes which follow. The homely measures, weights of the edible portion, and caloric values are given with each recipe in order apparently that the housewife may count up the weights and calories required for the day, the total amounts necessary to obtain the best value for the money being stated. Apart altogether from the fact that it is unlikely that the housewife will take such a course to effect economies in the daily diet, the dietaries given are made up of many foods which are far from being the cheapest source of the dietetic requirements. Being very varied in character, however, they naturally ensure an adequate supply of the subsidiary food factors to which the author attaches so much importance. By those for whom the book is intended, probably it will be found of value more on account of the variety of the recipes given than because of the assistance offered in securing the greatest nourishment at the least possible cost.
Vitamins in Theory and Practice. By LESLIE J. HARRIS, SC.D., D.SC., National Laboratory, University of Cambridge,. and Medical Research Council. Cambridge University Press, 1935. pp. 240. Price 8s. 6d. net. Possibly, as Dr. Harris, the author of this book, believes, there is need on the part of the " general " reader for a book dealing popularly and in detail with vitamins and " vitaminics." If so, he has met that need very fully. By the time the " general " reader--the kind of person who is taken in by " e x - p a r t e advertisements of patent-remedy proprietors or their commercial travellers "--has finished with the book he should know most of what there is to be known about vitamins in relation to disease and dietetics. Indeed, he will be convinced that so far as these things are concerned there is nothing but vitamins and " vitaminics," Dr. Harris, unintentionally no doubt and entirely because he is an enthusiast and an expert, having failed to make it quite clear that there are or may be other things than vitamins and many who consider that as a result of stressing these " accessory food factors" the existence of others, perhaps something more than merely accessory so far as value is concerned, may be overlooked. In a popular book on health or science, however, it is useless to be half-hearted or to indulge in anything but the most special of special pleading. Because he has been so very whole-hearted, Dr. Harris may be held to have produced as completely popular a book on the vitamins as any " general " reader could desire. The Theory and Practice of Anesthesia. By M. D. NOSWORTHY, M.A., M.D,, B.CH. (CANTAB.), ~kn~esthetist, Westminster Hospital, etc. London : ttutchinson's Scientific Publications, 1935. pp. 223. Price 12s. 6d. net. The author has had wide experience both practical and as a teacher, and is therefore particularly well equipped to appreciate and elucidate the many difficulties of the would-be anmsthetist for whom the book is primarily intended. The matter is arranged so that the reader may first master the basic principles of anaesthesia with the older methods before he passes on to the more modern techniques. Of particular value to the beginner, the book contains much that the experienced anaesthetist or surgeon may read with profit, a n d to these as well it may be commended.