REVIEW 
The Care and Treatment | of European Children | in the Tropics | by | G. Mon- 
tague Harston | M. D. (Lond.), M. R. C. S. (Eng.), L. R. C. P. (Lond.) 
| fellow of the Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; [etc., 5 lines] 
| with introduction by | Sir Patrick Manson, G. C. M. G., M. D., LL. D. | 
[seal] | London | Bailliére, Tindall and Cox | 8, Henrietta Street; 
Covent Garden | 1912 | [All rights reserved] | Cloth, pp. i-xvi+1— 
232 and 47 plain and colored plates. Price, 7/6. 
In recent years the problem of the care of white children in 
the tropics has become of great importance as the warm coun- 
tries have been developed and the length of residence in the 
tropics of men with families has increased. 
This book, based upon fifteen years’ experience in the treat- 
ment of children in the tropics, should be of great assistance 
to practitioners in a field in which there is comparatively little 
available literature. f 
Doctor Harston presents his ideas clearly and convincingly. 
Four chapters are devoted to the incidence of diseases, climatic 
factors, considerations of hygiene, and the general welfare of 
European children; one chapter, to the care of European infants; 
twenty-one chapters, to pictures of specific diseases as they 
appear in children in the tropics; and a final chapter, to 
repatriation. 
If, as Sir Patrick Manson says in his introductory remarks, 
there should be criticism of some of the views expressed in 
regard to treatment, as is likely to be the case, this may prove to 
be an important result of the appearance of the book, through 
leading to the publication of valuable, but hitherto unpublished 
experiences in the management of the health of white children 
in the tropics. 
MARY POLK. 
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