BOOK REVIEWS 

 Who's Who Among the Microbes?^ 



This new book, "Who's Who Among the Microbes," by Drs. 

 Park and Williams is strongly recommended to the attention 

 of Biology and Hygiene teachers and to anyone who is inter- 

 ested in learning definitely the most up-to-date facts about bac- 

 teria. It is really a "biology" of bacteria and includes also, a 

 consideration of the economically important pathogenic pro- 

 tozoa. 



Some of the chapter headings will give a good idea of the 

 organization of the text; e.g., "Early discoveries"; "How mi- 

 crobes can be better known"; "The Coccus family"; "The blood- 

 thirsty tribe" ; "Bacteriophages;" to list only five of the twenty 

 chapter topics. 



The authors' position in the field of bacteriology guarantees 

 the authority of the contents. Those who have had an oppor- 

 tunity to hear Dr. Park in his occasional addresses to the Biol- 

 ogy Teachers' Association do not need to be told that the book 

 is clearly written, simple and lucid. 



The book will be useful as a re-survey of the field for teach- 

 ers who have had courses in bacteriology and extremely 

 valuable as introductory reading for others who have not had 

 such work. It can be recommended for library purchase in some 

 quantity for reference reading by pupils in hygiene and biology 

 classes. 



Its recency of publication makes it a source of information 

 in a field in which no old book is safe authority. It has a good 

 account of the rather new disease, tularemia. It may be a sur- 

 prise to many, as it was to the reviewer, to learn that the Noguchi 

 spirocheate, Leptospira icteroides, is no longer accepted as even 

 the probable cause of yellow fever. "And the results from the 

 recent investigation of African yellow fever, including the tragic 

 death of Noguchi there from the disease while studying it, have 

 all given evidence that yellow fever, at least in some parts of the 

 world, must still be listed with the filterable viruses." 



Ralph C. Benedict 



1 By William H. Park and Anne \V. Williams, Century Co., 1929. 



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