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THE first (January–March 1949) issue of a new quarterly journal, entitled International Health Bulletin of the leagve of Red Cross Societies, published in Frencs andd English (8 rue Munier-Romilly, Geneva ; 6 Swiss francs, or 1.50 dollars a year), shows the Cross Societies and their medical adjase nov have a unified and well-edited epitome of the medical aspects of international Red Cross work. Designed to replace the League's International Health Review and to revive its earlier surveys of medical and scientific literature, this new bulletin will summarize the most recent and original projects undertaken by the various national Red Cross Societies and will report important medical develop-ments likely to interest Red Cross workers. Described by its editor as a "modest review, designed to appeal to all Red Cross medical advisers", the bulletin is not intended to rival other scientific publications; but it will be surprising if it does not interest many who do not actually work for the Red Cross. In the first issue there are articles by medical raen of many nationalities, including articles on co-operation between the League of Red Cross Societies and the World Health Organisation, on the League's extensivo and thorough campaign against tuberculosis, on its relief work in the Near East and on its work on venereal diseases, blood-transfusion, first aid, social service and other problems. About half this issue is given to medical information under the heading of "Medical News", examples of the tems discussed being the risks of new drugs and the uses of aureo-mycin and streptomycin. A short survey of books and a list of the films in the League's film library add to the value of this number. The information given about the contents of future issues suggests that these will be no less interesting. No doubt there will be a big demand for the two forthcoming special issues, one entitled "Atomic Bomb and Atomic Medicine"and the other "Cncer Detection".
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International Health Bulletin. Nature 164, 17 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164017a0
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