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Outlines of Internal Medicine. For the Use of Nurses by Clifford Bailey FarrThe American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Dec., 1915), pp. 280-281Published by: Lippincott Williams & WilkinsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3406346 .

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nett, and again he remarks, "The baby whose digestion is ruined by wrong feeding may grow up to be a dyspeptic adult who can neither do his share of work in the world nor receive his share of pleasure out of it." And again, "The mother who employs a nurse should devote some of her time to the baby and should supervise all its care. To do this she must know how. It is bad policy to have a poor nurse and a good cook; if a choice must be made between the two, the nurse should have the superior intelligence."

That Dr. Dennett is in love with the subject of his book, no reader can doubt, and it is hard to think of any detail possible for the develop- ment and maintenance of good health and proper habits in a child that has been overlooked or omitted.

MENTAL MEDICINE AND NURSING. For use in Training Schools for Nurses and in Medical Classes and A Ready Reference for the General Practitioner. By Robert Howland Chase, A.M., M.D., Physician-in-Chief, Friends' Asylum for the Insane; Late Resi- dent Physician State Hospital, Norristown, Pa.; Member of American Medico-Physiological Association; Member of the Neu- rological Association, Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Co., Phila- delphia and London. Price, $1.50.

The fault with this book from the nurses' point of view would be that it is concerned with medicine to the exclusion of nursing. The book proper is devoted to the analyses of mental diseases and only a few pages are given to actual treatment and nursing. The subject, Mental Nursing, is well covered in as practical a manner as possible and the writer claims to make it plain and elementary in character. Beginning with a brief description of the nervous system and its func- tions it arrives, in Part III, at Insanity, its Causes and Symptoms, and the effect it produces upon the mind and body of its victims. Part IV is devoted to the classification of different forms of mental diseases and Part V takes up the treatment and nursing.

OUTLINES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. For the use of Nurses. By Clif- ford Bailey Farr, A.M., M.D., Instructor in Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Visiting Physician, Philadelphia Gen- eral Hospital; Pathologist to the Presbyterian Hospital, etc. Illustrated with 71 Engravings and 5 plates. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia and New York. 1915.

This book is intended to fill the great need of something between the extremely inadequate teaching of medicine, furnished in the majority

nett, and again he remarks, "The baby whose digestion is ruined by wrong feeding may grow up to be a dyspeptic adult who can neither do his share of work in the world nor receive his share of pleasure out of it." And again, "The mother who employs a nurse should devote some of her time to the baby and should supervise all its care. To do this she must know how. It is bad policy to have a poor nurse and a good cook; if a choice must be made between the two, the nurse should have the superior intelligence."

That Dr. Dennett is in love with the subject of his book, no reader can doubt, and it is hard to think of any detail possible for the develop- ment and maintenance of good health and proper habits in a child that has been overlooked or omitted.

MENTAL MEDICINE AND NURSING. For use in Training Schools for Nurses and in Medical Classes and A Ready Reference for the General Practitioner. By Robert Howland Chase, A.M., M.D., Physician-in-Chief, Friends' Asylum for the Insane; Late Resi- dent Physician State Hospital, Norristown, Pa.; Member of American Medico-Physiological Association; Member of the Neu- rological Association, Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Co., Phila- delphia and London. Price, $1.50.

The fault with this book from the nurses' point of view would be that it is concerned with medicine to the exclusion of nursing. The book proper is devoted to the analyses of mental diseases and only a few pages are given to actual treatment and nursing. The subject, Mental Nursing, is well covered in as practical a manner as possible and the writer claims to make it plain and elementary in character. Beginning with a brief description of the nervous system and its func- tions it arrives, in Part III, at Insanity, its Causes and Symptoms, and the effect it produces upon the mind and body of its victims. Part IV is devoted to the classification of different forms of mental diseases and Part V takes up the treatment and nursing.

OUTLINES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. For the use of Nurses. By Clif- ford Bailey Farr, A.M., M.D., Instructor in Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Visiting Physician, Philadelphia Gen- eral Hospital; Pathologist to the Presbyterian Hospital, etc. Illustrated with 71 Engravings and 5 plates. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia and New York. 1915.

This book is intended to fill the great need of something between the extremely inadequate teaching of medicine, furnished in the majority

nett, and again he remarks, "The baby whose digestion is ruined by wrong feeding may grow up to be a dyspeptic adult who can neither do his share of work in the world nor receive his share of pleasure out of it." And again, "The mother who employs a nurse should devote some of her time to the baby and should supervise all its care. To do this she must know how. It is bad policy to have a poor nurse and a good cook; if a choice must be made between the two, the nurse should have the superior intelligence."

That Dr. Dennett is in love with the subject of his book, no reader can doubt, and it is hard to think of any detail possible for the develop- ment and maintenance of good health and proper habits in a child that has been overlooked or omitted.

MENTAL MEDICINE AND NURSING. For use in Training Schools for Nurses and in Medical Classes and A Ready Reference for the General Practitioner. By Robert Howland Chase, A.M., M.D., Physician-in-Chief, Friends' Asylum for the Insane; Late Resi- dent Physician State Hospital, Norristown, Pa.; Member of American Medico-Physiological Association; Member of the Neu- rological Association, Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Co., Phila- delphia and London. Price, $1.50.

The fault with this book from the nurses' point of view would be that it is concerned with medicine to the exclusion of nursing. The book proper is devoted to the analyses of mental diseases and only a few pages are given to actual treatment and nursing. The subject, Mental Nursing, is well covered in as practical a manner as possible and the writer claims to make it plain and elementary in character. Beginning with a brief description of the nervous system and its func- tions it arrives, in Part III, at Insanity, its Causes and Symptoms, and the effect it produces upon the mind and body of its victims. Part IV is devoted to the classification of different forms of mental diseases and Part V takes up the treatment and nursing.

OUTLINES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. For the use of Nurses. By Clif- ford Bailey Farr, A.M., M.D., Instructor in Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Assistant Visiting Physician, Philadelphia Gen- eral Hospital; Pathologist to the Presbyterian Hospital, etc. Illustrated with 71 Engravings and 5 plates. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia and New York. 1915.

This book is intended to fill the great need of something between the extremely inadequate teaching of medicine, furnished in the majority

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of text-books on nursing, and the ponderous books on treatment and diagnosis which are popularly supposed to contain a great deal that a nurse need not know. It is intended for reference and teaching and contains the essentials of symptomatology, prophylaxis and treat- ment. Beginning with the nervous and mental diseases, the book takes up Diseases of the Blood and Glands, Diseases of the Circulatory System, Diseases of the Lungs, Diseases of Digestive Tract, Diseases of Metabolism, Diseases of the Urinary System, Diseases of the Muscles, Bones, and Joints, and the Diseases due to Heat and other Physical Causes and to Poisons.

Part X of the book is devoted to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. This is subdivided into six chapters, number one being devoted to gen- eral considerations, the other five taking up the four classes of infec- tions.

A MANUAL OF PERSONAL HYGIENE: Proper Living Upon a Physio- logic Basis. By American Authors. Edited by Walter L. Pyle, A.M., M.D., Member of the American Ophthalmological Society; Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine; Fellow of the Col- lege of Physicians of Philadelphia; Assistant Surgeon to the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, etc. Contributors: D. H. Bergey, M.D., J. W. Courtney, M.D., George Howard Fox, M.D., Joel E. Goldthwait, M.D., E. Fletcher Ingals, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D., B. Alexander Randall, M.D., G. N. Stewart, M.D. (Edin.), Charles G. Stockton, M.D., Harvey W. Wiley, M.D. Sixth Edi- tion, Revised and Enlarged. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London. 1915. Price, $1.50.

The new sixth edition of our old friend, Personal Hygiene, comes to us with a new chapter on "The Hygiene of Infancy," as well as a chap- ter on "Food Adulteration," by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, thus following Dr. Pyle's plan of adding some new contribution to each edition of his work. The book has been reviewed more than once in these pages and we can only add that it is better than ever.

of text-books on nursing, and the ponderous books on treatment and diagnosis which are popularly supposed to contain a great deal that a nurse need not know. It is intended for reference and teaching and contains the essentials of symptomatology, prophylaxis and treat- ment. Beginning with the nervous and mental diseases, the book takes up Diseases of the Blood and Glands, Diseases of the Circulatory System, Diseases of the Lungs, Diseases of Digestive Tract, Diseases of Metabolism, Diseases of the Urinary System, Diseases of the Muscles, Bones, and Joints, and the Diseases due to Heat and other Physical Causes and to Poisons.

Part X of the book is devoted to Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. This is subdivided into six chapters, number one being devoted to gen- eral considerations, the other five taking up the four classes of infec- tions.

A MANUAL OF PERSONAL HYGIENE: Proper Living Upon a Physio- logic Basis. By American Authors. Edited by Walter L. Pyle, A.M., M.D., Member of the American Ophthalmological Society; Fellow of the American Academy of Medicine; Fellow of the Col- lege of Physicians of Philadelphia; Assistant Surgeon to the Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, etc. Contributors: D. H. Bergey, M.D., J. W. Courtney, M.D., George Howard Fox, M.D., Joel E. Goldthwait, M.D., E. Fletcher Ingals, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D., B. Alexander Randall, M.D., G. N. Stewart, M.D. (Edin.), Charles G. Stockton, M.D., Harvey W. Wiley, M.D. Sixth Edi- tion, Revised and Enlarged. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia and London. 1915. Price, $1.50.

The new sixth edition of our old friend, Personal Hygiene, comes to us with a new chapter on "The Hygiene of Infancy," as well as a chap- ter on "Food Adulteration," by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, thus following Dr. Pyle's plan of adding some new contribution to each edition of his work. The book has been reviewed more than once in these pages and we can only add that it is better than ever.

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