228 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS bentonite in a calaminelotion. This would be quite thick. The formula on page 71 for U.S.P. XIV calamine lotion has been proved unsatisfac- tory but no note is made of this. There is also a question of the com- patibility of the formulas using "quats" as germicides on page 149. All in all, the book is a confusion of Latin-English, poor uniformity of presentation, poor English transla- tion, and questionable achievement of the author's goal. Some ninety pages of tables giving equivalent drugs used in the various pharma- copoeias and official compendia is its major contribution. If redone in English, as we know it in English- speaking countries, the book could be greatly improved. But it still reflects a rather superficial knowl- edge of dermatological vehicles and their compatibilities.--M. G. r•E- NAVARRE. DISEASES OF THE SKIN, by Oliver S. Ormsby and Hamilton Montgomery. Eighth Edition, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, Pa. 1954. 1503 pages, indexed and illustrated. Price $22. The most authoritative derma- tologic textbook in the English language has now appeared in its 8th edition. This new edition is par- ticularly welcome since the 7th edition in 1948 was published before the great advances which have been made in many fields of dermatology. The introduction of the steroids and the antibiotics alone have changed so many of our therapeutic ap- proaches to grave dermatologic dis- orders that these by themselves would merit a revision of the ther- apy in any textbook. When Hamilton Montgomery be- came a co-author the contents of previous editions became more au- thoritative especially in histopathol- ogy. Now with such contributors as De Lamater, Farber, Kierlsand, and Lobitz, other fields of derma- tology in which these authors have contributed a great deal in the last few years have been brought up to date. Particularly important is the re- vision on fungus diseases, the ther- apy of lupus erythematosus and the whole concept of melanogenesis. There is a fine discussion of the anatomy and embryology of the skin and the section dealing with nail formation and growth has been especially well presented. The clas- sification of the diseases of the skin has not been changed to any extent over the previous editions, nor has the presentation of the material as a whole with the exception that emphasis has been changed on cer- tain aspects of diseases of the skin. The reviewer agrees that although the discussion of the psychosomatic aspects of diseases of the skin is con- fined to relatively few pages, prob- ably for a book 'of this type'it is quite enough. Certainly an elabora- tion of these chapters would be in the realm of pure speculation and would need rapid revision. Throughout the book much em- phasis has been placed on physi- ology in relation to disease. This is particularly true of certain derma- tologic disorders where the etiology is still obscure. Of special impor- tance in this regard is the section on the diseases of the sweat glands. Perhaps the next edition will give us some information on the role of the radioactive isotopes in therapy. The weakness of the book is the failure to list in the index physical- therapeutic modalities such as cold quartz, ultraviolet light, etc. Tho- rium X is not listed. This material has become readily available in the last few years and is a most valuable adjunct in the treatment of keloids, eczema, and psoriasis. It is the

BOOK REVIEWS 229 safest radioactive agent for the treatment of dermatitis around the genitalia in males. The book would be more valuable to the general practitioner and the student of dermatology if there were special chapters devoted to physical therapy in dermatology. The re- viewer believes that after paying $22 for this text the beginner in medicine and dermatology perhaps could not afford a special book deal- ing with physical methods. This reviewer is glad to see that in spite of the modern trend to mini- mize the importance of syphilis in most textbooks, about fifty pages are devoted to this disease. Most of the text is applied to the clinical manifestations of this disease and rightly so. Except for large teach- ing centers, clinical material, as far as syphilis is concerned, which used to be so plentiful has now become relatively rare, and teaching must many times depend on a good text- book with good illustrations. It is not surprising that relatively little space is devoted to therapy. This is understandable because on the one hand the use of antibiotics, especially penicillin, has replaced the old antiluetic remedies with the result that treatment has become much more simplified and, in addi- tion, any schedule of treatment is constantly being changed. Perhaps more space should have been devoted to some of the aspects of the setology of syphilis, especially the question of false positive reac- tions which have become more fre- quent since the war. This book is highly recommended for all students, practitioners, and even the skin specialist.--SAMUEL M. PECK, M.D., New York, N.Y. THE APPLICATION OF RESULTS OF RESE.aRC•, by Vera Cormell in col- laboration with the British Corn- monwealth Scientific Offices. Aca- demic Press, Inc., New York 10, N.Y., and Butterworth's Scientific Publications, London, England. 1954. 212 pages, 51/2 X 81/2 inches, indexed. Price $5.00. This book deals with the problem of getting the results of scientific re- search read, accepted, and applied by the non-scientific public, and in particular by industrial manage- ment. Parts of the general discus- sion offer food for thought, although most of the specific treatment con- cerns subject matter far afield from the cosmetic chemist's field. The general topic of application of research results is treated in forty- one pages of text. The remaining one hundred seventy-one pages con- sist of appendices, each of which de- tails the organizations and methods used to publicize and popularize the results of research, largely of govern- mental agencies, in one of the mem- ber nations of the British Common- wealth. Considerable attention is given to increase the productivity and efficiency, in both industrial and agricultural undertakings. A conclusion reiterated through- out the book is the need for ade- quate numbers of scientific and tech- nical personnel at all levels in the industrial organization, from board of directors down. For instance (page 38): "The raising of the technological level of industry depends, to a very large extent, on the existence of scientists and technologists within industry itself, from the board room to the workshop floor. There is no real substitute for a due proportion of such people spread throughout industry and, so long as this is unrealized or insufficiently appreci- ated, progress will be slow. Trained people of this character do not exist in sufficient numbers in any country of the Commonwealth today, and