GYNÆCOLOGY

Considering the great Importance of malaria in tropical practice, and the enormous accumulation of recent information on its various aspects, the sections on this disease are wholly Inadequate. The subject of treatment, of which a proper appreciation is at present rendered difficult to practitioners by the amount of published material appearing, is covered in about three pages. A similar deficiency exists In the section on control measures, where the use of pyrethrum and paris green receive the same space as that of DDT. Blackwater fever is dealt with in "a few clinical points" In little over a page. In a work of this size, It Is not enough to be told that blackwater fever Is "not too common", or that a "navy clinician who spent more than a decade in malarial areas saw only three cases in nine years ...". For It is when one of these rare cases suddenly appears that the practitioner, often far from consultative help, will turn to his reference book, and will reasonably expect some guidance In his procedure. Despite the above criticisms, the book contains many excellent sections, and presents much of great interest to tropical clinicians. For the reasons mentioned, however, it is not recommended to Australian students, or to practitioners in the Australian tropical territories.