Melloni's Pocket Medical Dictionary

Book reviews

Blakiston's Pocket Medical Dictionary. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1973, 964 PP. This updated version of a medical dictionary standard contains many new words including selections from the United States Adopted Names as well as drug trade names. Two changes I found convenient include the printing of a group phrase, such as Marfan's syndrome, in i t s alphabetical listing of M, rather than under S for syndrome, and having entries set in bold face type and divided into syllables. The appendix contains the usual tables of muscles, nerves, arteries, veins and bones. In addition, I would like to see included tables of metric and apothecary measurements as well as centigrade and fahrenheit equivalents. Although listed as a pocket dictionary the size of the book would make it difficult to carry in a pocket or purse.

Helen Wolk, RN Hackensack, NJ

Today's Child: A Modern Guide to Baby Care and Child Training. Robertson, Elizabeth Chant, MD, and Wood, Margaret I, MD. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1973) 338 pp, $3.45. This concise book written by pediatricians Chant and Wood from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto i s a simple and practical guide on child health and development. It covers the various aspects and responsibilities of parenthood from pregnancy through adolescence. The book deals with everyday problems in baby care and child training. It gives insight as well as practical advice on how to cope with problems associated with child rearing. It discusses the range of normal variations in physical, mental and emotional growth and development. Symptoms of common childhood diseases and ailments with suggestions for home care are listed alphabetically in the appendix. A chart in the appendix lists common infectious disease incubation period, symptoms, and nursing care. The operating room nurse may not be able to apply information gleaned from

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