PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

Otago Witness, Issue 2985, 31 May 1911, Page 58

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

A most useful publication sent to us by Messrs Angus and Robertson, of Sydney, is a booklet entitled "First Aid in Nursing for the Bush and Country, and for Use in Schools." The author is Mrs W. M. Thomas (Sister Dickson). The particulars given are clear and simple, and the directions can be easily followed,. so that the little work should prove a perfect treasure to those who are called upon to attend to cases of accident and illness until a medical man can be consulted. Details arc given of nursing generally, and instructions as to how to deal with various forms of poisoning, burns, scalds, broken bones, bleeding, apparently drowned, feverishness, and the various diseases to which infants are subject. Chapters are devoted to detailing information as to the care of the patient, bandaging, poulticing, disinfectants, and many other things which have to be attended to. With such a useful book in the home, many hours of suffering will be saved. It can be strongly recommended as a most valuable publication, " Notes on the Nursing of Diphtheria is another little booklet published by Messrs Angus and Robertson (Ltd.). The notes are by Hilda M. Loxton, formerly sister in charge of the diphtheria ward in the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, and are the record of 22 years' continuous experience, during which many methods have been tried and the best retained. Dr W. F. Litchfield contributes an introduction, in which he commends the work of Miss Loxton. Instructions are given as to the arrangement of the sick-room, and as to the precautions to be taken to prevent the infection spreading. Then come details as to the multifarious work of the nurse in the various forms of the disease. A glance at these shows that it is almost impossible to give a patient the requisite care and attention in the home, and indicates the splendid work done by trained nurses in the public hospitals, which arc specially equipped for dealing with such important cases. The May number of the Pall Mall Magazine, with its striking cover picture of pink May, opens with a story by Mr William Waldorf Astor, illustrated in colours by De Myrbach. It is entitled " Vaini's

Love," a somewhat weird and uncanny story. " The Radium Terrors" is continued, and the number is rich in fiction t'n-i slcGtcnes : ono of the short stories, The Gum-digger," by Marion Norman, is a New Zealand one. Mr Arthur W. Coates gives a description of a visit to King George's training stables. The number is well illustrated.

The Girls' itealm, for April, contains a good deal of reading matter likely to prove- interesting to the readers for whom it is intended. ''Women and Their Work in Trinity College, Dublin," shows how the fair sex are more than holding their own in the Irish capital. Then there are informative articles on " How to Begin a Stamp Collection''; "Nature Notes"; "How to Use a Sewing Machine"; " English Women of Letters," and notes on the toilet, health and hygiene, and fashions. Besides instalments of two serials, there are quite a number of short complete stories. The number is profusely illustrated.