22 JULY 1911, Page 25

Hygiene for Nurses : Theoretical and Practical. By Herbert W.

G. Macleod. (Smith, Elder and Co. 3s. 6d. net)—Ventilation, heating, drainage, and disinfection are among the many subjects treated of in the volume before us. The ground covered is, of course, too large to admit of much detail in so small a book, and in some chapters the information is of so general a character as to lose much of its value. The book is on the whole, however, quite a useful manual of reference (especially as regards the existing sanitary laws), and should prove of service to many people besides the nurses for whom it is intended. There are some excellent explanatory diagrams which serve to elucidate the text.