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Claudia Naidu

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Weight Gains, Serum Protein Levels, and Health of Breast Fed and Artificially Fed Infants. A clinical and biochemical study based on 946 infants and children at the Mother's Hospital (Salvation Army) and the Queen ElIzabeth Hospital for Children, London. Medical Research Council Special Report Series No. 296. By B. Levin, M.D., Ph.D.; H. M. M. Mackay, M.D., F.R.C.P.; C. A. Neill, M.D., M.R.C.P.; v. G. Oberholzer, B.Sc.; and T. P. Whitehead, F.R.I.C. Pp. x + 154. 69 figures. 16s. net. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1959.

The Physiological Basis of Diuretic Therapy. By R. F. Pitts, Ph.D., M.D. Pp. xiv + 332. 3 figures. 7 . Oxford: Blackwell cientific Publications Ltd. Springfield, Ill.Charles C.Thomas. 1959.

Proceedings of a Symposium on Immunization in Childhood. Pp. 139. 5 figures. 17s. 6d. net + Is. Id.. postage abroad. Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone Ltd. 1960.

The Student and Mental Health. Edited by Daniel H. Funkenstein, M.D. Pp. xxv + 495. £1.15.0. net. London: H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd. 1959.

The Fluids of Parenteral Body Cavities. By Paul D. Hoeprich, M.D. and John. R. Ward, M.D. Pp. iv + 98. Illustrations. M·75. New York and London: Grune & Stratton, Inc. 1959.

Pyelonephrilis. By Fletcher H. Colby, M.D. Pp. vii + 232. 95 illustrations. 60s. + 2s. 9d. postage. Baltimore: The Williams and Wilkins Company. London: Balliere, Tindall& Cox Ltd. 1959.

Bibliography of Cancer Produced by Pure Chemical Compounds. A survey of the literature up to and including 1947. By Olto Neubauer, M.D. Pp. xxvii + 604. London: Oxford University Press. English price 42s. 1959.

Rontgendiagnostik des Magen-Darmkanals. Von Prof. Dr. R. Prevot und Priv.-Doz. Dr. M. A. Lassrich. xii + 346 Seiten. 544 Abbildungen. Ganzleinen DM 119.00. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. 1959.

Radiologic Examination of the Small Intestine. 2nd edition. By R. Golden, MD. Pp. xxv + 560. 176 figures. £11 8. Oxford: Blackwell cientific Publication Ltd. pringfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas . 1959.

Dermatologie und Vellerologie. Einschlie lich Beruf krankheiten, dermatologi cher Ko metik und Andrologie. In 5 Banden. (Einzelne Bande er cheinen in zwei Teilen.) Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. H. A. Gottron und Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. W. Schonfeld. 20% ermas igter ub kriptionspreis fur da Gesamtwerk. Der ub kriptionsprei gilt bi zum Er cheinen de letzten Bandes. Jeder Band i t einzeln zum Ladenprei kauflich. Band HI, Teil 2. Krankheitel1 der Halltanhangsgebilde einschliesslich Akne 1I11d Rosacea Hautkrallkheiten bei innerell torungen (Mit ach- nnd amenregister fur Band rn, Tei1 1 und 2). Pp. xiv + 706. 317 zum Teil farbige Abbildungen. Ganzleinen DM178.-. Subskriptionsprei DMI42.40. (Der Bezug von Teil 1erscheinen im Juni 1959 - verpflichtete zur Abnahme von Teil 2). Band ill (in zwei Teilen) Ganzleinen DM343.-. Subskriptionsprei DM274.40. lullgart: Georg Thieme Verlag. 1959.

Surgical Nursing and After-treatment. 11th edition. By T. Edward Wilson, M.D., M.S., M.Sc.(Melb.), M.R.AC.P., F.R.C.S. (Eng.), F.R.C.S. (Edin.), F.A.C.S., F.R.AC.S. Pp. x + 618. 361 illustrations. English price 305. net. London: J. & A. Churchill Ltd. 1960.

Sewage Contamination of Bathi-;"g Beaches in England and Wales. Medical Research Council Memorandum No. 37. Pp. iv + 23. 2s. 6d. net. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1959.

British National Formulary 1960. Standard edition. Published jointly by the British Medical Association and the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Pp. 272. English price 7s. 6d., interleaved lIs. 6d. Obtainable from AP.S. Journal (Pty.) Ltd., P.O. Box 6290, Johannesburg. London: The Pharmaceutical Press. 1960.

Pediatric Dermatology. By Henry H. Perlman, M.D., Phar. D. Pp. xii + 477. 203 figures. $18.00. Chicago: Year Book Publishers, Inc. 1960.


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