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By Sigurdur Sigurdsson, Medical Director of Tuberculosis Control, Iceland, and Director of the Health Center, Reykjavik. Price, not given. Pp. 86, with tables and charts. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1951.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1951;88(6):848.

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This monograph is a detailed statistical study of the epidemiology of tuberculosis in Iceland. Dr. Sigurdsson presents in an interesting manner the topographic, racial, and sociological problems of the island as they influenced the development of this study. Tuberculosis prior to 1911, tuberculosis since 1911, tuberculosis in domestic animals, tuberculosis control, case-finding surveys, mass surveys, and general discussion and conclusions are presented in successive chapters. The many problems and the voluminous amount of work inherent in such a project are well illustrated. These chapters will be of interest to persons concerned with the epidemiology of tuberculosis, and they will be stimulated to continue in their efforts, which at times seems hopeless, in this important field. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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