PEDIATRICS Vol. 43 No. 1 January 1969, pp. 153-154
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Treatment of Common Acute Poisonings, by Henry Matthew, M.D., F.R.C.P., and Alexander A. H. Lawson, M.B, Ch.B., M.R.C.P. London and Edinburgh: E. and S. Livingstone Ltd., 1967, 151 pp., $5.25. (The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, exclusive U.S. agents)

Joel J. Alpert M.D.1

1 Boston, Massachusetts

This brief book by an acknowledged expert in the management of poisoning is in the English tradition of making every word count. Included in its 144 pages of text are descriptions of the problem of acute poisoning, diagnosis, identification, basic principles, management of specific poisonings, snake bites, insecticides, plants, basic principles of psychiatric treatment, and prevention. The subjects are handled in a lucid, although abbreviated, manner. The author has a large experience because poison information, treatment, and service is centralized in Scotland and, incidentally, supported by the government.