For Tropical Laymen

Must” If You

[?]E In Isolation

[?]dieal Text-Book For Tropical Laymen

F effective spearhead in the fight against disease in the Pacific tropics has been sharp and polished by Dr. Clifford ames in bringing out a fourth on of his book, Diseases Com ly Met With In Melanesia. le title has been enlarged by words and Polynesia since the ises encountered in the West fic include those which com ly afflict the East Pacific, gh the reverse is not the case, i in the earlier editions, Dr. 3S sets out succinctly in non meal language any layman of lal intelligence can understand only preventive measures but to recognise and treat the ises when they occur, body, European or native, white L or brown, can be completely ted from healing aid where book is available with some to carry out its clear instruc is less of an edition than a book, since everything in it been revised and brought up ate, particularly in regard to -ment with new drugs. . James, who writes with the ority of years of experience in Solomons and New Guinea (he lives at 785 Mount Eden Road, nt Eden, Auckland, NZ), points that penicillin, stiU a “wonder” in temperate zones, is even ; so in the tropics because the le who live there have not only ■ own diseases but many of as well.

M’s review copy bears no price but copies of the book may >btained from all branches of tcombe and Tombs Ltd., in ralia and New Zealand.