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Food Poisoning and Food-Borne Infection

Food Poisoning and Food-Borne Infection Food Poisoning and Food-Borne Infection-By Edwin Oakes Jordan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1931. 286 pp. Price, $2.50. This book, belonging to the University of Chicago Science Series, supplants Food Poisoning by the same author, issued in 1917. Since that time, poisoning by foods has been intensively studied, particularly in England and America. The packers themselves w e r e among the first to recognize the necessity of this, and have appropriated liberally for investigations carried on at the Universities of California, Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford. The author played an active part in some of the most important of these, and is peculiarly well fitted to write on the subject. He has put the sum of available knowledge into a small space, but has covered the necessary points in satisWhat We Drink-By Various Au- factory fashion. thors, with Introduction by Sir James We consider the section on Spoiled Crichton-Browne. Edited by Hugh and Decomposed Foods, short as it is, Wansey Bayly. Issued under the of more than usual interest, perhaps beAuthority of The Scientific Commit- cause it discusses matters which are not tee of the True Temperance Associa- so often considered as the well known tion. London: William Heinemann, and too often occurring acute outbreaks. 1930. Price, $.40. Certainly this matter needs further Evidently written for lay people, this study. In view of the " imperfect and book will disappoint those who look for unsatisfactory " state of our knowledge, something more exact or extensive. we commend the opinion expressed that The information is correct as far as it we must continue our methods of progoes. Inasmuch as the great use of soft tection. drinks is peculiarly American, this The printing and make-up of the book chapter particularly will fail to satisfy are good, the illustrations fairly so. American readers. There is scant men- Good indexes of authors and subjects tion, for example, of the large number end the volume. M. P. RAVENEL Safety Education. It is evidently written by an expert who is offering to the " teacher-leader a program full of wholesome procedures that bring the full force of safety into the life of the individual pupil, the school group, and the community." Ten short, tersely written chapters cover the problem, general methods of teaching safety, student safety organization, safety patrols, accident reporting and inspection, publicity, assembly programs, special projects, safety in the athletic program, and essential information in regard to street safety, safety in sports and recreations, and in the home. Safety data, charts, axioms, " whatto-do's," and " how-to-do-it," and a list of junior safety councils, manufacturers of badges, etc., and a selected bibliography accompany. Safety consists in the correct way of doing things, but first there must be a correct way of thinking, which means proper training in childhood. Incidentally, the data show that accidents among children are decreasing while those among adults are decidedly increasing. Credit for this may justly go to the current child safety program. Teachers, parents and others will find this book of paramount value. EMERY R. HAYHURST of soft drinks in this country, which are all classed as " Coca-kola," which contain caffein, but some five pages are given to a discussion of the English " public house system " in which foods as well as drinks are sold. In general, however, it will aid the public in the proper selection and control of beverages, and be an aid to temperance. M. P. RAVENEL http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Food Poisoning and Food-Borne Infection

M. P. Ravenel
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 21 (6) – Jun 1, 1931
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Food Poisoning and Food-Borne Infection-By Edwin Oakes Jordan. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1931. 286 pp. Price, $2.50. This book, belonging to the University of Chicago Science Series, supplants Food Poisoning by the same author, issued in 1917. Since that time, poisoning by foods has been intensively studied, particularly in England and America. The packers themselves w e r e among the first to recognize the necessity of this, and have appropriated liberally for investigations carried on at the Universities of California, Chicago, Harvard, and Stanford. The author played an active part in some of the most important of these, and is peculiarly well fitted to write on the subject. He has put the sum of available knowledge into a small space, but has covered the necessary points in satisWhat We Drink-By Various Au- factory fashion. thors, with Introduction by Sir James We consider the section on Spoiled Crichton-Browne. Edited by Hugh and Decomposed Foods, short as it is, Wansey Bayly. Issued under the of more than usual interest, perhaps beAuthority of The Scientific Commit- cause it discusses matters which are not tee of the True Temperance Associa- so often considered as the well known tion. London: William Heinemann, and too often occurring acute outbreaks. 1930. Price, $.40. Certainly this matter needs further Evidently written for lay people, this study. In view of the " imperfect and book will disappoint those who look for unsatisfactory " state of our knowledge, something more exact or extensive. we commend the opinion expressed that The information is correct as far as it we must continue our methods of progoes. Inasmuch as the great use of soft tection. drinks is peculiarly American, this The printing and make-up of the book chapter particularly will fail to satisfy are good, the illustrations fairly so. American readers. There is scant men- Good indexes of authors and subjects tion, for example, of the large number end the volume. M. P. RAVENEL Safety Education. It is evidently written by an expert who is offering to the " teacher-leader a program full of wholesome procedures that bring the full force of safety into the life of the individual pupil, the school group, and the community." Ten short, tersely written chapters cover the problem, general methods of teaching safety, student safety organization, safety patrols, accident reporting and inspection, publicity, assembly programs, special projects, safety in the athletic program, and essential information in regard to street safety, safety in sports and recreations, and in the home. Safety data, charts, axioms, " whatto-do's," and " how-to-do-it," and a list of junior safety councils, manufacturers of badges, etc., and a selected bibliography accompany. Safety consists in the correct way of doing things, but first there must be a correct way of thinking, which means proper training in childhood. Incidentally, the data show that accidents among children are decreasing while those among adults are decidedly increasing. Credit for this may justly go to the current child safety program. Teachers, parents and others will find this book of paramount value. EMERY R. HAYHURST of soft drinks in this country, which are all classed as " Coca-kola," which contain caffein, but some five pages are given to a discussion of the English " public house system " in which foods as well as drinks are sold. In general, however, it will aid the public in the proper selection and control of beverages, and be an aid to temperance. M. P. RAVENEL

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Published: Jun 1, 1931

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