Pediatrics for the General Practitioner.

As medicine has branched into specialized fields, the general practitioner has been confronted with the problem of acquiring more and more knowledge in a limited time. In order to glean the facts necessary for intelligent handling of the patient, he has been forced to forge his way through a large amount of material in the various textbooks. Many of the facts, while important from the academic standpoint, are of passing interest to the practitioner. This book, written by one who has had long experience in the practice of children's diseases, fulfils the need for a practical text. Extended discussions of pathology and history have been eliminated. Diagnosis, treatment and management of the diseases of infants and children are thoroughly but concisely discussed. A digest of the current literature has been inserted where needed, and a bibliography has been appended to each chapter. This adds much to the value of the