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careful and conservative editor. In his 

 preface to this tenth edition he quotes 

 Osier's saying that "A Textbook is not a 

 Year-Book, " and says that he has en- 

 deavored to "retain the features charac- 

 teristic of Sir William Osier." It is a 

 great book and will long continue its 

 useful service. For the human biologist 

 who wants to find, in brief space, what is 

 known about a particular disease and its 

 treatment there is no better source than 

 this. 





IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR CHILDREN 

 19x0. A Study Based on Census Statistics 

 Relative to the Foreign Born and the Native 

 Whites of Foreign or Mixed Parentage. Cen- 

 sus Monographs VII. 

 By Niles Carpenter. 



Government Printing Office 

 $1 . 50 6f x 10; xvi + 431 Washington 

 An analysis of the population and birth 

 data of 192.0 relative to racial origins. 

 The study follows lines somewhat similar 

 to those of Pearl in his "Vitality of the 

 Peoples of America," and confirms his 

 principal conclusions. But this investiga- 

 tion is more comprehensive in its scope. 

 It is done with critical care and deserves 

 the attention of all students of human 

 biology. 



THE ANGLO-SAXONS IN ENGLAND 

 During the Early Centuries After the Invasion. 

 By Nils Aberg. W. Heffer and Sons, Ltd. 

 izs. 6d. Cambridge 



6j x 10; vii + 2.19 (paper) 

 An interesting, finely printed and il- 

 lustrated treatise on Anglo-Saxon archeol- 

 ogy, based largely upon English museum 

 collections of metal artefacts. 



TRENDS OF POPULATION IN THE 

 REGION OF CHICAGO. 

 By Helen R. Jeter. 



The University of Chicago Press 

 $1.50 8f x 11; xv + 64 Chicago 



This is a detailed statistical study, with 

 numerous graphs, of the growth of the 

 population of Chicago and surrounding 

 urban and rural areas. The study was 

 made for the Chicago Regional Planning 

 Association. Predictions of future popu- 

 lation up to 1950 are included. 



ALLGEMEINE KONSTITUTIONS- 



LEHRE in Naturwissenschaftlicher und 

 Medixinischer Betrachtung. 

 By 0. Naegeli. Julius Springer 



Rm. 9.60 Berlin 



6| x 9I; iii + 118 (paper) 

 A brief but comprehensive review of 

 human genetics and the constitutional 

 factors in disease. The book will be found 

 useful by the medical student or practi- 

 tioner who cannot give the time necessary 

 for the perusal of Bauer's standard work on 

 the subject. 



EVOLUTION OF PREVENTIVE MEDI- 

 CINE. 



By Sir Arthur Newsholme. 



Williams & Wilkins Co. 

 $3 .00 5 x j\; xv + X2.6 Baltimore 



A brief outline, illustrated with por- 

 traits, of the history of public health and 

 preventive medicine. The book would 

 have been more useful to the serious stu- 

 dent if there had been included a bibli- 

 ography giving precise citations to the 

 sources used. 





