Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Recipes, Pormulas, and Processes. GARDNERD. HISCOX,M.E. Eighth edition. The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company, 2 West 45th Street, New York City, 1930 xviii 786 pp , about 60 illustrations. 21.5 )(: 13.5 cm. $4.00.
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formulas on short notice, much as the old-time schoolmaster was asked to solve tricky mathematics problems by those who wished to "stump" the teacher. Starting with these basic recipes, he can make many variations to suit individual needs. He can conceal a pardonable ignorance from those who still interpret the word chemist in the old English sense of the word. R. E. BOWMAN
I n a country where a copy of Young's "Distillation Principles" was once confiscated, and a t least one teacher of highWILMINCIDNT=m= SEHOO' school chemistry was discharged for WILM~NCTON, DBLAWAIIB imparting the rudiments of fermentation and distillation to his class, i t may almost Personal and Community Health. CLAIR be dangerous to recommend a book which ELSM~RET-R, M.A., Dn.P.H., treats so ably of so many subjects beProfessor of Biology and Public Health tween absinthe and zinc. The beverage in the Massachusetts Institute of section alone will insure a wide sale in Technology; Formerly Associate Procertain quarters, although i t is in no way fessor of Hygiene in the Tufts College a rival of the Bartender's Guide. Joking Medical and Dental Schwls; Someaside, this newly revised and enlarged time Member of the Administrative edition of an old reliable hook will be Board in the School of Public Health welcomed in many q u a r t e r p i n so& of Harvard University and the Massawith unholy joy. rchusetts Institute of Technology; FelThe editor has added a new chapter low, American Public Health Associaon laboratory methods which will greatly tion; Major, Sanitary Corps. U. S. A. aid the lay reader in the compounding of (Reserve). C. V. Mosby Company. the formulas given, and on any scale St. Louis, Mo., 1930. 443 pp. 22 X 15 which he may desire to use. Many cm. $5.00. European authorities have been conThe purpose of this book in the third sulted, to the extent that one might wish to see more domestic references edition does not deviate from the original given. Still more modernization might intention of the writer, namely, to prepare have been achieved in this book. Under a book on personal and community disinfectants, no mention is made of the health for the student in the university, dichlorobenzol preparations which are college, normal, or professional school. The first portions of the book deal coming into common and eflective use. Under ant destroyers, nothing is said with the health of the individual and the of the thallium sulfate preparations which maintenance of the individual's health can now be purchased a t any drug store. through judicious habits of living and The use of fluorides as moth preventives, the building up of resistance against etc., goes unnoticed. A chemist and disease. The author has adequately pharmacist should have bee8 called in dkussed such topics as the hygiene of nutrition, the hygiene of the mouth, as assistant editors. The book should be upon the reference the hygiene of action, the hygiene of the shelf of the secondary-school chemistry central neNOUS system, and the hygiene teacher who is often called upon for of reproduction. The chapter dealing 2i'52
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with the fundamental facts of health maintenance is especially commendable. Although the diseases discussed in this particular chapter, hy the very nature of this treatise, must be treated in only a fragmentary manner, the essential characteristics of such diseases as nephritis and diabetes are disclosed and the general regimen of treatment is indicated. Part 2 of the book treats entirely of community health. The fundamental concepts of infection and immunity, and the relationship of these t o communicable diseases are discussed. Of special interest in a text of this kind are the chapters on food control, water supply, waste disposal, and the admiuistration of public health to the various bureaus of state government. The final chapter of the book deals with disinfection and disinfectants. In this chapter the author elucidates the fundamental principles which underlie disinfection and discusses some of the commonly used disinfectants. It is unfortunate, however, that nothing is said about the more modem types of disinfectants such as the organic mereury compounds which ppossess a high germicidal value and are used extensively among the laity. To summarize, the author fulfils the purpose for which the hwk was written, that is, to present a general survey of personal health and its relation to the health of the community in its various ramifications. The style of the author is concise and easily comprehensible, and the text is free of typographical errors.
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bished with new illustrations, and equipped with newly arranged tables of food data. The plan of the author is two-fold-first, to consider the food needs of the different members of a typical family, and second, to guide the housewife in filling these needs. It is in every sense a hook for the home, rather than a dietary guide for the institution or hospital. Two introductory chapters discuss briefly the chemistry of food and the physiology of digestion; then follow chapters treating of food for the adult man, the adult woman, the baby, children of various ages,.adalescent youth, and the adult after fifty. Other chapters present menus, the cast of food, food plans and dietaries, and faod for the sick. An appendix of a hundred pages contains extremely useful and well-arranged data, including a table on 100-calorie portions expressed in common household units. tables of vitamin values, etc. The data contained in this book are up to date. In vitamin tables, the old vitamin B is relaheled vitamin (B G), a tenhinology well recognized in America. A careful $istinction is drawn between the factors of growth and of maintenance; increased emphasis bas been placed on the daily use of foods which are sources of vitamins A and D, and of vitamins B and C for growing children. Nutritional saence today emphasizes a diet not merely for maintenance but a n optimum diet for higher mental and physical e5dency. Menus are arranged in the form of "a day's food plan"; the familiar calorie is retained as a unit, hut used only as a tool; the fetish of calorie counting is largely avoided. Photographs of actual f w d materials grouped together show the quantities required to supply Feeding the Family. MAFX SWARTZ, equivalent amounts of each of the vitaPa.D. Third edition. The Mamillan mins--a wise substitute far the formal Company.NewYork City.1929. w i i tables which characterize too many books 459pp. 18plates. 14 X 19cm. $3.75. on dietary science. This volume is the third edition of a This book is not essentially a text. work which has already received de- though it contains valuable reference served recognition and acclaim, but which material for both hih-school and college now appears, thoroughly revised, refur- classes in nutrition and dietetics. But
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