Abstract

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1979, 54, 731-732 Book reviews Foetus into Man: Physical Growth from grew more poorly during term than in the with 2 chapters -about low birthweight Conception to Maturity. By J. M. Tanner. holidays? In the closing chapters an out- babies. (Pp. 250; illustrated + tables. £7 *95 hard- line is briefly given on some clinical Each chapter is written by a different back, £4*50 paperback.) Open Books: growth disorders and, at considerable author, altogether in the three volumes London. 1978. length, a 'do-it-yourself' kit is produced over 60 from 10 countries. This leads to for parents, teachers, and health visitors wide variations in style and aims; some To describe the physical growth and to enable them to estimate the ultimate chapters are very detailed reviews with development of children in a manner that height of a child and to determine whether many references-for example those on is stimulating to the biologist and the non- growth is normal. Once more the author biochemical development and perinatal technical general reader alike, must have attempts, for the best of reasons, to seduce endocrinology-while others are less been a difficult undertaking but the author us from the Gregorian