About 40 authors, including allergists, internists, pediatricians, rhinologists, and dermatologists, among others, contributed to this volume. Essentially, the book discusses various allergic manifestations produced by occupational duties, methods of allergic examination, diseases and their causes in the various professions and industries, therapy, prophylaxis, and socioeconomic aspects. Among the occupations discussed are those of wool textile workers, bakers, printers, nurses, wood workers, cement workers, miners, and employees in pharmaceutical industries. While the material is informative and may be helpful to European physicians, it is inadequate for the American physician, who is faced with problems involving plastic, petroleum, rubber, and all the complexities of a variety of chemical industries. The book lacks organization, as shown by an unevenness in the different contributions as to the factual material, form of presentation, and form of references (presence or absence of references, with or without titles, last name or first name first, full name or