(1) Epidemiology Old and New (2) Common Colds: Causes and Preventive Measures (3) Les ultravirus et les formes filtrantes des microbes: les maladies à ultravirus, leurs caractères cliniques, anatomopathologiques, épidémiologiques, l'immunité, techniques d'étude des ultravirus, les formes filtrantes des bactéries

Abstract

THE work of the nineteenth and of the present century has achieved much in the prevention of disease, but there are many maladies which still baffle public health endeavour. Of these, perhaps the most formidable are the great group of respiratory diseases, including influenza. Annually, few persons escape their attack, if merely in the form of the ‘common’ cold, and the winter mortality figures for pneumonia impress the sad truth that this disease is not only “the friend of the aged”, but also puts a premature end to the lives of the young. The three books before us are concerned with this subject in greater or lesser degree, and each of them attacks the problem at a different angle.

(1) Epidemiology Old and New.

By Sir William Hamer. (Anglo-French Library of Medical and Biological Science.) Pp. x + 180. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd., 1928.) 9s. net.

(2) Common Colds: Causes and Preventive Measures.

By Leonard Hill Mark Clement. Pp. viii + 126 + 6 plates. (London: William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., 1929.) 7s. 6d. net.

(3) Les ultravirus et les formes filtrantes des microbes: les maladies à ultravirus, leurs caractères cliniques, anatomopathologiques, épidémiologiques, l'immunité, techniques d'étude des ultravirus, les formes filtrantes des bactéries.

Par Dr. Paul Hauduroy. Pp. 392. (Paris: Masson et Cie, 1929.) 40 francs.