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Official Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the American Society of Municipal Engineering, Held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October, 1931

Official Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the American Society of Municipal... O!fficial Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the American Society of Municipal Engineering, Held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October, 1931-St. Louis: American Society of Municipal Engineers, 1932. 855 pp. Price, $7.50. This volume presents in 27 chapters the matters dealt with by municipal engineers, city officials, and others at the 37th Annual Convention in Pittsburgh. Certain chapter headings indicate the types of municipal problems receiving discussion in this 5-day meeting-city planning, air *ports, traffic control, municipal financing, paving construction, and maintenance. Of particular interest to sanitary engineers and sanitarians are chapters V, VI, and VII, dealing with water works, refuse disposal, and sewerage and sanitation. In a paper on taste and odor removal, Baylis calls attention to various methods in use. Among other things he says " So far as is known there is practically no taste producing compound likely to be present in water that cannot be removed by activated carbon." The powdered forms seem to be most satisfactory. D. E. Davis describes several modern zeolite plants in his paper on zeolite in water softening. Detailed cost data are given, particularly on the plant at Sewickley, Pa. In a discussion of lime-soda water softening, Porter deplores the lack of attention to this important problem. He points out that less than 10 per cent of the water supplies in the United States needing hard- Diseases of the Coronary Arteries (Myocarditis)-By Don C. Sutton, M.D., and Harold Lueth, M.D. (Illus.) St. Louis: Mosby, 1932. 164 pp. Price, $5.00. The authors, with a wide knowledge of the literature and a clear insight into the broad and extensive theoretical aspects of the subject, have made this work one that should be of practical application to the specialist in cardiology, but most particularly to the man in the general practice of medicine. The book has three outstanding features-the practical nature of the subject matter presented; the clearness of expression, and particularly the distinctive and lucid description of clinical signs and symptoms; and the emphasis that is placed upon the physical signs and symptoms. By students in cardiology and those in the practice of medicine, the work should receive recognition and wide acceptance. In recent years much emphasis has been placed upon electrocardiography by those writing upon the subject of the various phases of heart disease. The electrocardiograph is an expensive apparatus and one that is available to only a small percentage of those practising medicine. The authors properly give recognition to this refinement as an aid to diagnosis and prognosis. They also and properly emphasize that even with the electrocardiographic interpretation, reliance for the diagnosis under given conditions must often be placed unhesitatingly upon the clinical diagnosis; that ness removal are softened. is, physical signs and symptoms. They Chapter VI covers refuse disposal and repeatedly call attention to the dangers http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Official Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the American Society of Municipal Engineering, Held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October, 1931

E. S. Tisdale
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 22 (10) – Oct 1, 1932
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O!fficial Proceedings of the 37th Annual Convention of the American Society of Municipal Engineering, Held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October, 1931-St. Louis: American Society of Municipal Engineers, 1932. 855 pp. Price, $7.50. This volume presents in 27 chapters the matters dealt with by municipal engineers, city officials, and others at the 37th Annual Convention in Pittsburgh. Certain chapter headings indicate the types of municipal problems receiving discussion in this 5-day meeting-city planning, air *ports, traffic control, municipal financing, paving construction, and maintenance. Of particular interest to sanitary engineers and sanitarians are chapters V, VI, and VII, dealing with water works, refuse disposal, and sewerage and sanitation. In a paper on taste and odor removal, Baylis calls attention to various methods in use. Among other things he says " So far as is known there is practically no taste producing compound likely to be present in water that cannot be removed by activated carbon." The powdered forms seem to be most satisfactory. D. E. Davis describes several modern zeolite plants in his paper on zeolite in water softening. Detailed cost data are given, particularly on the plant at Sewickley, Pa. In a discussion of lime-soda water softening, Porter deplores the lack of attention to this important problem. He points out that less than 10 per cent of the water supplies in the United States needing hard- Diseases of the Coronary Arteries (Myocarditis)-By Don C. Sutton, M.D., and Harold Lueth, M.D. (Illus.) St. Louis: Mosby, 1932. 164 pp. Price, $5.00. The authors, with a wide knowledge of the literature and a clear insight into the broad and extensive theoretical aspects of the subject, have made this work one that should be of practical application to the specialist in cardiology, but most particularly to the man in the general practice of medicine. The book has three outstanding features-the practical nature of the subject matter presented; the clearness of expression, and particularly the distinctive and lucid description of clinical signs and symptoms; and the emphasis that is placed upon the physical signs and symptoms. By students in cardiology and those in the practice of medicine, the work should receive recognition and wide acceptance. In recent years much emphasis has been placed upon electrocardiography by those writing upon the subject of the various phases of heart disease. The electrocardiograph is an expensive apparatus and one that is available to only a small percentage of those practising medicine. The authors properly give recognition to this refinement as an aid to diagnosis and prognosis. They also and properly emphasize that even with the electrocardiographic interpretation, reliance for the diagnosis under given conditions must often be placed unhesitatingly upon the clinical diagnosis; that ness removal are softened. is, physical signs and symptoms. They Chapter VI covers refuse disposal and repeatedly call attention to the dangers

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Published: Oct 1, 1932

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