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By J. P. Crozer Griffith, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Pennsylvania. Two octavo volumes totaling 1542 pages, with 436 illustrations, including 20 plates in colors. Philadelphia and London: W. B. Saunders Company, 1919. Cloth, $16.00 net.

Arch Intern Med. 1921;27(6):755-756.

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Dr. Griffith's little book on "The Care of the Baby" has been for more than a quarter of a century the trustworthy guide not only to young mothers but to young physicians. With that great success and the author's many sound contributions to pediatric literature, it seemed strange that he did not long ago write a textbook. The explanation is to be found in these two handsome and well printed volumes. They form a small, but unusually complete encyclopedia on pediatrics, and include surgical as well as medical topics. Part of Volume I and all of Volume II are devoted to diseases of organs. The whole work exhibits an unusually rich pediatric experience, well arranged by a trained and broadly cultivated mind. An extensive reading of the literature is shown in connection with almost every topic, and the reader is assisted in personal study by numerous references to the original . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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