The year book of pediatrics—1958–1959 (Year Book Series). Edited by Sydney S. Gellis
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Indian J. Pedlar., 26: 141, 1959. BOOK REVIEW The Year Book of Pediatrics--1958-1959 (Year Book Series). Edited by SYDNEY S. GELLm. The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, pp. 496. This volume contains abstracts published in journals received between June 1957 and May 1958. As can be said of the previous issues, it is beyond doub a commendable effort to bring together a sorted variety of papers from tvarious spheres of the ever-expanding fields of this discipline. The effort hsa been to make the abstracts brief but clear, and to provide rele- vant charts and illustrations wherever possible. They are arranged under different subjects as usual, e.g. the premature and newborn, nutrition and metabolism, infectious diseases, and immunity etc. The book continues to serve an excellent purpose; to provide a compact and handy reference- guide regarding the latest trends of thought and research progressing in the U.S.A.--to which it is chiefly confined, and also in the United Kingdom, the Continent and Canada. The first chapter dealing with the premature and newborn is the most interesting. It appears that considerable interest has arisen lately in the above-mentioned countries, in prematurity hyperbilirubinemia, kernicterus, bilirubin conjugation etc. and their inter-relationship. Almost all articles are interesting and thought-provoking, and at times even more so, the comments made by the editor and various other authorities, on subjects of controversy. This is very helpful when one is not so well-versed in a particular subject. Some of the other noteworthy articles are toxicity of synthetic vitamin K, staphylococcal infections in hospital units and its helpful comments, terminal heating of milk formulae, gamma-globulins, non-tuberculous acid fast bacilli, post-meningitic subdural effusions, abdo- minal masses in the newborn, etc. Although the grievance in this part of the world still stands, that many worthy articles appearing in journals of this region are as yet conspicuous by their absence in this unique assemblage, it is gratifying to note the inclu- sion in this issue of the paper 'Typhoid encephalopathy' published in the Indian J. Pediat. of May, 1957. Inclusion of relevant articles from journals of these regions will doubtlessly evoke more interest in the book amongst people here, as they are as interested in the latest research trends deve- loping here as anywhere else. Another point worth mentioning is, that pediatric surgery now forms a major part of the pediatric discipline and it would be well worthwhile to include it as a separate chapter in future issues, with orthopedics remaining separate as it is now. At present, as in the pas t , articles concerning various surgical conditions have been distributed under different subject heads. M. S. RAO,
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Indian J. Pedlar., 26: 141, 1959.
BOOK REVIEW
The Year Book of Pediatrics--1958-1959 (Year Book Series). Edited by SYDNEY S. GELLm. The Year Book Publishers, Inc., Chicago, pp. 496.
This volume contains abstracts published in journals received between June 1957 and May 1958. As can be said of the previous issues, it is beyond doub a commendable effort to bring together a sorted variety of papers from tvarious spheres of the ever-expanding fields of this discipline. The effort hsa been to make the abstracts brief but clear, and to provide rele- vant charts and illustrations wherever possible. They are arranged under different subjects as usual, e.g. the premature and newborn, nutrition and metabolism, infectious diseases, and immunity etc. The book continues to serve an excellent purpose; to provide a compact and handy reference- guide regarding the latest trends of thought and research progressing in the U.S.A.--to which it is chiefly confined, and also in the United Kingdom, the Continent and Canada.
The first chapter dealing with the premature and newborn is the most interesting. It appears that considerable interest has arisen lately in the above-mentioned countries, in prematurity hyperbilirubinemia, kernicterus, bilirubin conjugation etc. and their inter-relationship. Almost all articles are interesting and thought-provoking, and at times even more so, the comments made by the editor and various other authorities, on subjects of controversy. This is very helpful when one is not so well-versed in a particular subject. Some of the other noteworthy articles are toxicity of synthetic vitamin K, staphylococcal infections in hospital units and its helpful comments, terminal heating of milk formulae, gamma-globulins, non-tuberculous acid fast bacilli, post-meningitic subdural effusions, abdo- minal masses in the newborn, etc.
Although the grievance in this part of the world still stands, that many worthy articles appearing in journals of this region are as yet conspicuous by their absence in this unique assemblage, it is gratifying to note the inclu- sion in this issue of the paper 'Typhoid encephalopathy' published in the Indian J. Pediat. of May, 1957. Inclusion of relevant articles from journals of these regions will doubtlessly evoke more interest in the book amongst people here, as they are as interested in the latest research trends deve- loping here as anywhere else.
Another point worth mentioning is, that pediatric surgery now forms a major part of the pediatric discipline and it would be well worthwhile to include it as a separate chapter in future issues, with orthopedics remaining separate as it is now. At present, as in the pas t , articles concerning various surgical conditions have been distributed under different subject heads.
M. S. RAO,
