“Pellagra.” By George M. Niles, M.D., Gastro-enterologist to the
Georgia Baptist Hospital, Wesley Memorial Hospital and Atlanta
Hospital, Atlanta, Ga. Octavo of 261 pages, illustrated.
Philadelphia and London. W. B. Saunders Co., 1916. Cloth, $3 net. W.
B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. London.
We are in receipt of the second edition of this work upon a subject that
has of late attracted a great deal of attention from the profession.
Pellagra has in recent years sprang up in an unaccountable manner,
especially in the southern section of the United States, and it behooves
every practicing physician to equip himself with such knowledge as will
enable him to recognize the disease when encountered in his practice and
to handle it in a scientific manner. This work in its second edition,
although following the appearance of the first edition so closely has
undergone many changes and had numerous additions so that it has been
brought fully up with the present state of knowledge. The chapter on
etiology contains the results of the recent investigations of Dr. Joseph
Goldberger, Special U. S. Agent for the study of the disease, and
Thompson-McFadden Commission on Pellagra. The work is that of a southern
physician and should receive the warm support of southern physicians
everywhere.
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“A Practical Treatise on Infant Feeding and Allied Topics.” For
Physicians and Students. By Harry Lowenberg, A.M., M.D., Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics, Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia;
Pediatrist to the Mt. Sinai Hospital; Pediatrist to the Jewish
Hospital; Assistant Pediatrist to the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital
and to the Philadelphia General Hospital; Formerly Instructor of
Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College. Illustrated with Sixty-four
Text Engravings and Thirty Original Full Page Plates, Eleven of
which are in color. Philadelphia. F. A. Davis Co., Publishers.
English Depot. Stanley Phillips, London. 1916.
Our thanks are due the obliging publishers for a copy of this
exceedingly valuable book. The author’s long experience and intimate
acquaintance with the subjects treated of eminently qualify him to
present a work that will prove of most valuable assistance to physician
and students. The work is eminently practical and presents throughout
the subject matter in an easily accessible form. The arrangement of the
text is systematically perfect and only such material is used as may
render the work available for the needs of practitioners and students.
The importance of breast-feeding is emphasized and artificial
alimentation discussed thoroughly so as to furnish the best schemes for
obtaining the best results. The article upon “Surgical Treatment of
Infantile Pyloric Obstruction” is by the celebrated surgeon, Dr. John B.
Deaver, a chapter that adds much to the value of the work. A feature of
the work is the presentation of a number of plates showing in colors the
appearance of stools in various conditions of alimentary disturbances.
We are greatly pleased with this work and can conscientiously recommend
it to students and practitioners.
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“Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of
the United States.” For the Fiscal Year 1911. Washington. Government
Printing Office. 1914.
This is the forty-third annual report of the operations of the Public
Health Service, in the one hundred and sixteenth year of its existence,
issued by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United
States. This treats of the seven divisions of the bureau under the
following heads, viz. (1) Scientific Research and Sanitation; (2)
Foreign and Insular Quarantine and Immigration; (3) Domestic
(Interstate) Quarantine; (4) Sanitary Reports and Statistics; (5) Marine
Hospitals and Relief; (6) Personnel and Accounts; (7) Miscellaneous. The
report contains a great deal of interest to the general reader,
especially to those interested in sanitary matters, and shows the
methodical and systematic manner in which the affairs of the bureau are
administered.