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tist to the scientific clinician." This volume should be in the medical library of schools of medicine, schools of nursing, and sanatoriums. SAMUEL JAY CRUMBINE

York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1950. 399 pp. Price, $5.00. The findings reported in this volume comprise the first of a series dealing with the causes of delinquency, with a view Teaching BetterNutrition -A to determining the bases for preventive Study of Approaches and Techniques programs and effective therapy. Several (FAO Nutritional Studies No. 6)-By disciplines collaborated in gathering and Jean A. S. Ritchie, for the Food and interpreting data. The 500 delinquents Agriculture Organization of the United studied consisted of boys committed to Nations. New York: Columbia Uni-correctional schools whose court records versity Press, 1950. 148 pp. Price, reflected persistent delinquency. The $1.50. average age of the delinquents at the

Current Therapy 1951-Edited by, Howard F. Conn. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1951. 699 pp. Price, $10.00. This volume presents an excellent illustration of the impossibility of drawing a sharp line between the prevention of disease and its treatment.One might suppose that such a title would be of interest only to those actively engaged in clinical medicine, but there are 34 headings under the infectious diseases, for each of which a method of treatment is suggested. In other sections of the volume there are important public health interests on almost every page. Many a public health worker will be grateful for the succinct digests of treatment,thoroughly up to date, and easily available for day by day reference. The pattern of this volume as in the preceding edition seeks to present treatment routines used by at least one experienced person. There are familiar names from the field of public health scattered throughout the volume including William A. Sodeman, Wesley W. Spink, Edwin H. Place, Harry Most, Henry E. Meleney, Ernest CarrollFaust, Morris Greenberg, John R. Paul, Joseph F. Sadusk, Jr., Franklin H. Top, Conrad Wesselhoeft, Huntington Williams, Horace L. Hodes, Lee Foshay, William L. Bradford. and J. A. Myers. This is a highly recommended volume. REGINALD M. ATWATER

This report was prepared in response to the wide variety of requests for information on nutrition education received by FAO from workers in manycountries and does, therefore, cover a wide range of subject matter. Its seven chapters deal with food patterns, organization of nutrition programs, training of nutrition workers, teaching methods, teaching materials, and evaluation of programs. The chapters on methods and materials are comprehensive. The final chapter is an account of seven programs from both highly and less developed countries, each onean example of a different approach to better nutrition through education. There is a bibliography at the conclusion of each chapter. The volume is generously illustrated with photographs gathered from many parts of the world. This report of a study of approaches and techniques for teaching nutrition should fulfill the expressed hope of the Nutrition Division of FAO that it "will be helpful toadministrators concerned with the initiation and organization of programs which have better nutrition as an objective, to workers, professional cr voluntary, who are actively engaged in educational work in nutrition and allied fields, and to institutions in which such workers are trained." ALICE H. SMITH

Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency -By Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck. New

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time of their first court appearance proved to be 12.4 years. The 500 nondelinquents or control group were selected from the general school population and matched with the delinquents with respect to residence in underprivileged neighborhoods, age, general intelligence, and ethnic origin. Public health workers will be particularly interested in the findings of...