Abstract
Dr. Modell has the background and experience for writing an excellent book on the relief of symptoms. Why, then, is this book disappointing? Perhaps a review of its faults may explain the paradox: The material is poorly edited. One finds non sequiturs, clumsy phrases, and repetitiousness (plus more than a few typographical mistakes not caught in proof). There are a fair number of errors of fact, and a good many statements which seem highly questionable. Examples: (a) Benzedrine is not l-amphetamine; (b) Preludin and Meratran really aren't amphetamines; (c) the development of tolerance to barbiturates is really not unsettled; it occurs without question under certain circumstances; (d) codeine can depress the respiratory center; (e) pentobarbital and secobarbital should not be differentially classified, in view of their essential similarity; (f) ephedrine and amphetamine are hardly potent MAO inhibitors; (g) the decrease in appetite after amphetamine is certainly not a
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