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PATERSON'S (DONALD) SICK CHILDREN. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

PATERSON'S (DONALD) SICK CHILDREN. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT texts in length (smaller) references (fewer) and in use of certain thera- peutic technics (viz., rehydration technics). It is more clinically oriented than American texts with less detail on biochemical theory and laboratory findings. The latter, however, are not neglected. It does not contain the kind of detail on pediatric technics that American manuals prepared for interns contain. As its title indicates, it has relatively little to say about health supervision beyond the feeding and immunization of children. On the other hand it treats of children in an understanding way throughout rather than of diseases alone. Especially notable is the chapter on Diseases of Children in the Tropics written by Dr. Cicely Williams. The book can be recommended to public health physicians who want a readable introduction to modern knowledge about sickness in children, and to medical students, especially those who may be studying abroad. The general practitioner, especially if lacking pediatric experience, may also find it valuable. ALFRED YANKAUER THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF TSETSE-By J. P. Glasgow. New York, N. Y.: Pergamon Press Book, Macmillan (60 Fifth Ave.), 1964. 241 pp. Price, $8.50. This is the eighth edition of a British pediatric text published in 1930 and last revised in 1956. It was prepared primarily for British and Commonwealth medical students and affords a cohesive literate introduction to pediatric problems. It is a model of clarity, easy to read, international in scope and presentation, and well cross-referenced. However, its simplicity and selectivity occasionally result in unjustified dogmatism or failure to cite recent work in a field. I 942 Tsetse is the Bantu name for bloodsucking flies of Central and South Africa belonging to the genus Glossina. Both males and females feed exclusively on vertebrate blood. They transmit trypanosome diseases of great public health and economic importance throughout the vast wooded areas which they inhabit. Whether in the rain forests of West Africa or the plateaus of East Africa below 6,000 feet elevation, tsetse breed only in densely shaded areas, never in open country. They are viviparous; the female carries a single larva in utero to the third instar, then extrudes it on VOL. 54, NO. 11, A.J.P.H. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

PATERSON'S (DONALD) SICK CHILDREN. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Alfred Yankauer
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 54 (11) – Nov 1, 1964
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texts in length (smaller) references (fewer) and in use of certain thera- peutic technics (viz., rehydration technics). It is more clinically oriented than American texts with less detail on biochemical theory and laboratory findings. The latter, however, are not neglected. It does not contain the kind of detail on pediatric technics that American manuals prepared for interns contain. As its title indicates, it has relatively little to say about health supervision beyond the feeding and immunization of children. On the other hand it treats of children in an understanding way throughout rather than of diseases alone. Especially notable is the chapter on Diseases of Children in the Tropics written by Dr. Cicely Williams. The book can be recommended to public health physicians who want a readable introduction to modern knowledge about sickness in children, and to medical students, especially those who may be studying abroad. The general practitioner, especially if lacking pediatric experience, may also find it valuable. ALFRED YANKAUER THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF TSETSE-By J. P. Glasgow. New York, N. Y.: Pergamon Press Book, Macmillan (60 Fifth Ave.), 1964. 241 pp. Price, $8.50. This is the eighth edition of a British pediatric text published in 1930 and last revised in 1956. It was prepared primarily for British and Commonwealth medical students and affords a cohesive literate introduction to pediatric problems. It is a model of clarity, easy to read, international in scope and presentation, and well cross-referenced. However, its simplicity and selectivity occasionally result in unjustified dogmatism or failure to cite recent work in a field. I 942 Tsetse is the Bantu name for bloodsucking flies of Central and South Africa belonging to the genus Glossina. Both males and females feed exclusively on vertebrate blood. They transmit trypanosome diseases of great public health and economic importance throughout the vast wooded areas which they inhabit. Whether in the rain forests of West Africa or the plateaus of East Africa below 6,000 feet elevation, tsetse breed only in densely shaded areas, never in open country. They are viviparous; the female carries a single larva in utero to the third instar, then extrudes it on VOL. 54, NO. 11, A.J.P.H.

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