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

230 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS the best stimulus to improving this unsatisfactory state of affairs lies in an effective demand by industry itself." The author appears to find among management a resistance to progress which we cannot accept as typical of the American scene. "Ingrained conservatism on the part of manage- ments and inability to appreciate the potentialities of new discoveries" are blamed for the slow acceptance of results of research. In the re- viewer's opinion the existence in our industry of at least some manage- ments who do appreciate and apply the results of research will eventually eliminate those less cognizant of the march of progress. The author hopes that Commonwealth manage- ments will be among the leaders in applying scientific discoveries. A general conclusion is that "Technological innovation is con- trolled by economic and psychologi- cal factors as well as the rate of dis- covery in our labs." Factors cited as influencing such innovation are: (1) Rate of generation of new knowledge (2) communication of scientific knowledge to industry and (3) availability of technical manpower. The British Government is re- ported as actively interested in fos- tering and improving all these fac- tors. An appreciation of the accomplish- ments of the Tennessee Valley Au- thority is the principal reference to U.S. activities. Instances are cited to illustrate how Tennessee Valley residents were enabled to improve their own condition by the non- technical presentation of scientific discoveries by governmental agents. A pertinent question raised by the work reviewed is: How can the Society of Cosmetic Chemists im- prove the use of discoveries in underlying sciences by the cosmetic industry? Possibly we should insti- tute a system of abstracts and sum- maries, presenting scientific data in non-technical terms, in addition to our technical meetings and semi- nars.--P^m. G. I. L^uvvv. R, The George W. Luft Co., Inc. MicRo AND SEMIMICRO METHODS, by Nicholas D. Cheronis and two contributors. Enterscience Pub- lishers, Inc., New York 1, N.Y. 1954. 628 pages, size 6 X 9 inches, illustrated and indexed. Price $12. This is Volume VI of the series en- titled Technique of Organic Chem- istry, and all edited by Arnold Weissberger. Seventeen major headings with numerous subheadings constitute this volume. Chapters are ar- ranged according to types of reac- tion. The principal author divides the book into three parts. The first deals with microfractionation pro- cedures the second covers micro- preparative methods the third and last part discusses reactions and microanalytical procedures. It is pointed out that any skilled analyst can become experienced in handling quantities of 25 •to 100 mg. The book is well organized and the material is chronologically pre- sented. A recommended analytical text and reference.--M. G. NAVARRE.