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General Report of the Pharmaceutical Survey, 1946-49

General Report of the Pharmaceutical Survey, 1946-49 need of a single well organized reference book on nutrition. MARGARET C. MOORE Current Therapy 1950. Edited by Howard F. Conn. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1950. 736 pp. Price, $10.00. This manual provides up-to-the-minute, well arranged information on modern therapy. The table of contents follows the pattern of a text of medicine, making it especially easy for physicians to use. Each disease is covered by an expert clinician who presents his own method of treatment. For several diseases more than one writer has prepared an outline, but each contribution is complete in itself and in the words of a particular authority. The contributions are succinct, yet in sufficient detail to engender confidence in the physician following the suggestions. The volume is far superior to the usual eclectic reviews because of the specificity of its recommendations. In the health department library this book has several uses. It is an excellent reference for the clinical problems which tematic study of the profession of pharmacy conducted under the auspices of the American Council on Education. Any one of these professions which comes up for self-examination would do well to inspect this volume reviewing, as it does, the educational system, the student quality, the pharmaceutical curriculum, matters of professional licensure, study of the supply of and demand for trained pharmacists, their income, inter-professional relations, etc. Among the recommendations is one that the examination system for pharmacists should be converted to a modern type such as that which is making progress in the public health field. Distinction is made in the recommendations between the profession of pharmacy and the business of pharmacy, a distinction which has meaning in other related fields. Of passing interest, it is noted that the metric system appeared in 21 per cent of the prescriptions, with the outmoded apothecary system used in the remainder. REGINALD M. ATWATER Currents in Nutrition-By Bertha Burke, William J. Darby, L. Emmett Holt, Jr., M. K. Horuwtt, Ancel Keys, Carl V. Moore, James M. Strang, and R. W. Vilter. New York: National Vitamin Foundation, 1950. 128 pp. Price, $1.00. This volume contains transcripts of the proceedings of the Nutrition Symposium held at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, November 19, 1949. The subjects discussed by the panel of authorities include: thiamine and riboflavin requirements of man, B vitamin requirements of infants, pyridoxine defiLESTER BRESLOW ciency in man, maternal nutrition, newer General Report of the Pharma- hematopoietic vitamins, iron metabolism ceutical Survey, 1946-49. Washing- and hypochromic anemia, and obesity. ton, D. C.: American Council on Edu- As the title of the book implies, each of the speakers discussed recent developcation, 1950. 240 pp. Price, $6.00. Public health workers, representing ments in the field of nutrition, using his as they do more than a dozen profes- own research interests and findings as sions, will have interest in this sys- the basis for his paper. Since the copy confront the public health physicianboth in direct service to patients and in consultation to other physicians. Communicable diseases, including tuberculosis and venereal disease, are well handled. The volume also would be helpful for orientation of public health nurses and other personnel. As the interests of public health workers and private physicians come closer together, the need for health department personnel to keep abreast of current medical therapy becomes more urgent. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

General Report of the Pharmaceutical Survey, 1946-49

American Journal of Public Health , Volume 40 (11) – Nov 1, 1950

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need of a single well organized reference book on nutrition. MARGARET C. MOORE Current Therapy 1950. Edited by Howard F. Conn. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1950. 736 pp. Price, $10.00. This manual provides up-to-the-minute, well arranged information on modern therapy. The table of contents follows the pattern of a text of medicine, making it especially easy for physicians to use. Each disease is covered by an expert clinician who presents his own method of treatment. For several diseases more than one writer has prepared an outline, but each contribution is complete in itself and in the words of a particular authority. The contributions are succinct, yet in sufficient detail to engender confidence in the physician following the suggestions. The volume is far superior to the usual eclectic reviews because of the specificity of its recommendations. In the health department library this book has several uses. It is an excellent reference for the clinical problems which tematic study of the profession of pharmacy conducted under the auspices of the American Council on Education. Any one of these professions which comes up for self-examination would do well to inspect this volume reviewing, as it does, the educational system, the student quality, the pharmaceutical curriculum, matters of professional licensure, study of the supply of and demand for trained pharmacists, their income, inter-professional relations, etc. Among the recommendations is one that the examination system for pharmacists should be converted to a modern type such as that which is making progress in the public health field. Distinction is made in the recommendations between the profession of pharmacy and the business of pharmacy, a distinction which has meaning in other related fields. Of passing interest, it is noted that the metric system appeared in 21 per cent of the prescriptions, with the outmoded apothecary system used in the remainder. REGINALD M. ATWATER Currents in Nutrition-By Bertha Burke, William J. Darby, L. Emmett Holt, Jr., M. K. Horuwtt, Ancel Keys, Carl V. Moore, James M. Strang, and R. W. Vilter. New York: National Vitamin Foundation, 1950. 128 pp. Price, $1.00. This volume contains transcripts of the proceedings of the Nutrition Symposium held at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, November 19, 1949. The subjects discussed by the panel of authorities include: thiamine and riboflavin requirements of man, B vitamin requirements of infants, pyridoxine defiLESTER BRESLOW ciency in man, maternal nutrition, newer General Report of the Pharma- hematopoietic vitamins, iron metabolism ceutical Survey, 1946-49. Washing- and hypochromic anemia, and obesity. ton, D. C.: American Council on Edu- As the title of the book implies, each of the speakers discussed recent developcation, 1950. 240 pp. Price, $6.00. Public health workers, representing ments in the field of nutrition, using his as they do more than a dozen profes- own research interests and findings as sions, will have interest in this sys- the basis for his paper. Since the copy confront the public health physicianboth in direct service to patients and in consultation to other physicians. Communicable diseases, including tuberculosis and venereal disease, are well handled. The volume also would be helpful for orientation of public health nurses and other personnel. As the interests of public health workers and private physicians come closer together, the need for health department personnel to keep abreast of current medical therapy becomes more urgent.

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