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concisely, sometimes all too briefly. The ing out how nursing has been influenced book is relatively free from factual error, by war, religion, and the change in the and is generally up-to-date. Although status of women. With the rapid changes there are several excellent pictures and of the present emergency, it is regretgraphs, it would be much improved by table that this new edition could carry more illustrations, tables, and specific the reader no further than the threshold instances. Laboratory methodology is of World War II. The weakest part of almost entirely absent. The material is this history is in the field of public developed primarily for the student of health nursing although the author medical and public health bacteriology, speaks of this field as " the most impor-although the author has aimed at a tant future development in nursing." Instead of using space to give cases general treatise. to illustrate the need for social service, MARTIN FROBISHER a few case histories to illustrate good Nursing History-By Minnie Good- family health work, would have given a now. (7th ed.) Philadelphia: Saunders, truer picture of public health nursing. The participation of the government in 1942. 495 pp. Price, $3.00. This is very readable history. Much public health nursing and its far reachhas been added to this seventh edition ing influence on standards through the from Miss Goodnow's further study of nursing bureaus of the U. S. Public source material and her personal obser- Health Service and the Children's Buvations in many countries. The author reau should have been stressed. While Miss Goodnow gives due credit has not only dealt with developments in nursing in the countries where most to the work of the Red Cross in its. progress has been made, such as Eng- contribution to nursing in other counland and America, but she has included tries, the place played by the Rockefelinteresting sketches of developments in ler Foundation in its extensive program all European and Asiatic countries that for nursing education and public health nursing in cooperation with government can boast of a nursing program. Beginning with nursing in ancient agencies throughout the world is given times, Miss Goodnow traces the out- very little attention. MARGUERITE WALES standing developments in nursing, point-
American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association
Published: Jan 1, 1943
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