Abstract
THESE three volumes deal with certain aspects of the medical and social problems presented by habit-forming drugs. (1) The first gives an account of the physiological and pathological effects of alcohol upon the human body and mind: it is the work of a number of different authors, and has been edited by a small private committee comprised of persons interested in the drink problem. Its aim appears to be to give a scientific account of the uses of alcohol as a food and a drug, and of the pathological results of alcoholism; chapters are devoted to the mental effects of alcohol, to its relationship to mental disorder, and to its possible racial effects. The book may be recommended as a balanced account of the subject, in which the legitimate uses of alcohol are carefully described and the effects of its abuse are neither minimised nor exaggerated.
(1) A Review of the Effects of Alcohol on Man.
Pp. 300. (London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1931.) 8s. 6d. net.
(2) The Alcohol Habit and its Treatment.
By Dr. Walter E. Masters. Pp. xvi + 190. (London: H. K. Lewis and Co., Ltd., 1931.) 6s. net.
(3) Dangerous Drugs: the World Fight against Illicit Traffic in Narcotics.
By Arthur Woods. Pp. vii + 123. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; London: Oxford University Press, 1931.) 9s. net.
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(1) A Review of the Effects of Alcohol on Man (2) The Alcohol Habit and its Treatment (3) Dangerous Drugs: the World Fight against Illicit Traffic in Narcotics. Nature 129, 222–223 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129222a0
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