The Laboratory Bookshelf

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s of current medical literature (Weekly). The Lancet. A journal of British and foreign medicine, surgery, obstetrics, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, public health, and news (Founded 1823. Weekly). Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C., Weekly). Public Health: American Journal of Public Health and the Nation's Health. Published by the American Public Health Association, New York. The reader can see for himself why this journal should be in a public health laboratory. It features a selected public health bibliography with annotations (Monthly). Public Health Reports U. S. Public Health Service (Weekly). The Journal of Hygiene. Founded in 1901 by G. H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S. The editorial board represents outstanding workers in preventive medicine, bacteriology, immunology, and epidemiology, and includes Dr. G. S. Wilson, Director of 'Public Health Laboratory Service, Medical Research Council. The last issue publishes parts 9 and 10 of a valuable series of articles on Feeding and Breeding of 'Laboratory Animals by investigators from the National Institute for Medical Research, London (Issued irregularly, Cambridge University Press). Clinical Laboratory Investigation: Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine (Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York, Monthly). Journal of Experimental Medicine. Published by the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Designed to cover the field of experimental medicine (Monthly, Williams & Wilkins). Journal of Clinical Investigation. Edited for the American Society for Clinical Investigation. For the publication of original investigations dealing with or bearing on the problems of disease in man (Monthly, Lancaster Press). Medicine. Analytical reviews of general medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and pediatrics (Quarterly, Williams & Wilkins). Archives of Internal Medicine. Published by American Medical Association for the advancement of scientific medicine in the United States and for the reporting of research and observations in the domain of internal medicine (Monthly). The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. Edited for the Scandinavian Society for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Physiology. Publication began 1949. It publishes original articles closely associated with clinical research and based on laboratory investigations; and pure methodological work of importance for clinical research. The text is in English (Quarterly). American Journal of Medical Sciences, E. B. Krumbhaar, Editor. Valuable review articles and book reviews (Monthly, Owners and Publishers: Lea and Febiger). Pediatrics. The journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Inc. It includes a section of original articles; and special sections on The Pediatrician and The Public and Trends intended to be unbiased and factual, presenting both sides of controversial matters (Monthly, Thomas). 382 AJpril., 1950 LABORATORY BOOKSHELF Clinical Pathology: American Journal of Clinical Pathology. Official publication of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Devoted to the prompt publication of original investigations and observations in clinical pathology and pathologic anatomy. It includes a Technical Section, bimonthly, which is reprinted separately as the Technical Bulletin. Selected abstracts (Monthly, Williams & Wilkins). Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine. Official publication of the Central Society for Clinical Research. Manuscripts describing original observations in the broad fields of clinical investigation and clinical pathology are invited. Society affiliation will not prejudice or influence editorial decisions. Two sections: Clinical and Experimental; and Laboratory Methods (Monthly, Mosby). Journal of Clinical Pathology. Edited for the (British) Association of Clinical Pathologists. Publication began 1948, Editorial board includes the Editor of the Britisk Medical Journal, published by the British Medical Association (Quarterly). It includes a section on Technical Methods; and abstracts published in collaboration with Abstracts of World Medicine and Abstracts of World Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abstracts of some of the more important articles of interest to clinical pathologists are selected, and are classified under bacteriology; biochemistry; hematology; and morbid anatomy and histology. Blood: The Journal of Hematology. This journal was established in 1946 to make current hematologic material systematically available from one central source; and to provide in the western hemisphere a clearing house for the needs of a major professional group (Abstracts, Monthly, Grune and Stratton). Stain Technology. A journal of microtechnic. Official organ of Biological Stain Commission. The objects of this commission are to increase the reliability of biological stains on the market; and to stimulate research concerning stains and their biological uses. Manufacturers are urged to submit a sample of each batch of any stain for testing before marketing. If found satisfactory, it may then be sold under the Commission certification. Journal publishes excellent articles on new procedures (Quarterly, Biotech Publishers, Geneva, N. Y.). Bacteriology, Parasitology, and Immunology: Journal of Immunology. Official journal of the American Association of Immunologists (Monthly, Williams & Wilkins). Journal of Bacteriology. Official organ of the Society of American Bacteriologists. Devoted to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in regard to bacteria and other microorganisms. Its cover carries the quotation from Pasteur It is characteristic of Science and Progress that they continually open new fields to our vision (Monthly, Williams & Wilkins). Bacteriological Reviews. Published to provide authoritative, critical surveys on the current status of subjects and problems in the diverse fields of microbiology (Quarterly, Williams & Wilkins). The Journal of General Microbiology. Edited for the Society for General Microbiology. First published, 1947. The Society was founded to promote the advancement of microbiology by providing a common meeting ground for those working in all the various specialized fields, including, for example, medical, veterinary, agricultural and economic microbiology . its members being united by the common aim of developing scientific knowledge concerning microorganisms (Quarterly, Cambridge University Press). American Journal of Syphilis, Gonorrhea, and Venereal Diseases. Official journal of the American Venereal Disease Association. Abstracts of current literature (Bimonthly, Mosby). Journal of Venereal Disease Information. Abstracts of current literature. Abstracts are available on request of articles listed by title from foreign and other journals. In Vol. 40. 383 34AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH addition, abstracts of articles concerned with venereal diseases or related subjects which have been published in the better known journals in the past twenty-five years are on file and open to workers in the field (Monthly; published by the Division of Venereal Disease, U. S. Public Health Service). American Journal of Tropical Medicine. Official organ of the American Society of Tropical Medicine. Authors completing original investigations in the geographical distribution, etiology, transmission, pathology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, and therapy of diseases in the field of tropical medicine, are invited to submit papers for editorial consideration (Bimonthly, Williams & Wilkins). The American Review of Tuberculosis. Official journal of the American Trudeau Society, Medical Section of the National Tuberculosis Association. The Review invites manuscripts on any phase of tuberculosis, non-tuberculous pulmonary diseases, and related subjects. It consists of two main parts, (1) original articles and (2) abstracts. The original part is monthly; abstracts appear as the amount of material warrants. Each part paged separately to permit permanent separate binding (Monthly). Sanitation: Journal of the American Water Works Association (Monthly). Sewage and Industrial Wastes. The journal of the Federation of Sewage Works Associations (Monthly). Journal of Milk and Food Technology. Official publication of International Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians and designated official organ of the Association of Milk and Food Inspectors and Sanitarians and Dairy Technology Societies (Bimonthly). Abstract Journals: Bulletin of Hygiene, issued by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, London. It contains abstracts of current medical literature on public health administration, social services, communicable diseases, sanitation, nutrition, occupational hygiene, bacteriology, and immunology, and related subjects of public health interests (Monthly). It is a superior journal of abstracts prepared by eminent contributors and covering a European and Commonwealth literature often not otherwise readily available. Chemical Abstracts. Published by the American Chemical Society. Key to the world's chemical literature (Semimonthly). Chemistry: Journal of Biological Chemistry. Published for the American Society of Biological Chemists for the prompt publication of original investigations of a chemical nature in the biological sciences (Monthly, Williams & Wilkins). The interest of the public health laboratory worker should encompass all of these fields, and he should be conversant with them. I wish I were among the few whose knowledge of all of them is intimate. 384 A pril, 1950