Frances L. Ilg

Feeding Behavior of Infants

greater emphasis. In the treatment of hookworm, carbontetrachloride is listed among the drugs advocated without emphasizing its occasional fatal toxicity and without warning against the use of fats and alcohol in the diet close to the time of administration. Preliminary purging is advocated in connection with all anthelmintics although it is generally conceded that this is unnecessary with some anthelmintics and is often harmful with carbontetrachloride. In connection with the bite of the black widow spider the statement is made that the site of the bite becomes red and swollen, whereas in the reviewers experience there is usually no local inflammation whatsoever. The rise in blood pressure associated with this condition, which is of diagnostic importance, is not mentioned. The book is beautifully printed and bound and both the authors and the publishers are to be congratulated on its accomplishment. It will undoubtedly become a standard textbook in its field. HENRY E. MELENEY