REVIEWS. 



Naval Hygiene. By James " Duncan Gatewood, M. D., instructor in naval hy- 

 giene, U. S. Navy, Medical School, Washington, medical inspector, U. S. Navy. 

 Prepared by the direction of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and 

 published b}~ permission of the Navy Department. Cloth. Pp. xiv-779. 

 Eight colored plates and 105 other illustrations. Price $6 net. Phila- 

 delphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co., 1910. 



. This book, which specializes upon marine hygiene, is the first that 

 has been published in English in over twenty years. The discussion 

 of the relative prevalence of diseases as they occur in the United States 

 Navy is well arranged and many deductions may be made therefrom. 



The method of ascertaining the full damage done to the service in 

 any one year by a single disease is entirely new and affords an ex- 

 cellent opportunity for testing the healthfulness of the service. How- 

 ever, the value of the book is detracted from by many statements 

 which are not properly supported by evidence: For instance, it is stated 

 on page 59 that continued residence in the Tropics tends to physical 

 degeneration, and that experience has shown that the Navy should 

 avoid the Tropics during the objectionable months. No evidence what- 

 ever is given in support of this statement and as such it can be regarded 

 only as the opinion of one individual. On page 132, no mention is 

 made of disinfection as a measure against smallpox, whereas, in other 

 parts of the book, disinfection for other diseases is described in great 

 detail. 



It is believed that subsequent editions of this work could be much 

 improved b} r eliminating some of the purely elementary matter and 

 also by inserting additional headlines. The text sometimes goes on 

 unbroken for 50 pages and the index is not sufficiently comprehensive 

 to overcome this defect. However, the book on the whole is a most 

 valuable one and should be on the shelves of all students of naval 

 hygiene. 



Doctor Gatewood is to be congratulated upon having produced so ex- 

 cellent a work in a field in which the literature is so meager. 



V. G. H. 



A Manual of Toxicology. By Albert H. Brundage, Professor of Toxicology and 

 Physiology in the Departments of Medicine, Marquette University. 7. ed., 

 revised and profusely illustrated. Cloth. Pp. x+428. Price $2.50 net. 

 New York: The Harrison Co., and London: Bailliere, Tindall & Cox, 1910. 



571 



