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FEW will venture to deny that some elementary knowledge of the structure and working of the human body should be included in the education of every child. To further that object, Dr. Marie Stopes offers this book to adolescents and to all who missed this knowledge when they were young. In general, it is eminently suitable for the purpose; it is simple in expression, clear and accurate in detail, and easily readable by any youth of average intelligence. There are, however, certain features of anatomy and physiology which cannot adequately be explained in print; they are best left to the tact and common sense of the parent or guardian, and their omission from this book would certainly have increased its sphere of use, to those, at least, who are passing from childhood to youth. The only other criticism we have to offer is that technical terms, such as ‘omos’ ‘lumbus’ and ‘natis,’ are unnecessary even in the diagrams of a book intended for lay readers.
The Human Body.
By Dr. Marie Carmichael Stopes. Pp. v + 224 + 7 plates. (London: The Gill Publishing Co., Ltd., 1926.) 6s. 6d. net.
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The Human Body . Nature 118, 115 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118115d0
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