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By Russell M. Wilder, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Department of Medicine of the Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota. Price, $1.75. Pp. 191, with 1 colored plate, 3 illustrations and many tables. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1937.

Arch Intern Med. 1938;62(2):353.

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This is an illuminating little book for any one to study who has a doubting mind about medical progress, for it depicts so well how knowledge advances. The first edition appeared in 1921, an offshoot of what the author felt was "the need for a brief outline of the principles underlying the dietary treatment of diabetes in the daily instruction of patients in the matter of their diets and hygiene." It was at first a simple affair; a mimeographed outline. But the patients liked it and asked for more, and hence in due time the primer appeared in book form, attractive looking and full of common sense. New editions were necessary every two or three years. The popularity of the "Primer" is a good indicator of the fact that patients with diabetes wish to keep abreast of the times and try to be a jump or two ahead of their . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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