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k i . ~: Air We Rreath'e: a study of man and his ~_ emvironment;,edited'by Seymour M. Farber, M.D., and' Roger H. L. Wilson, M.D., in ~ s collaboration with John R. Goldsmith, M.D., and Nellb Pace, M.D. 414 pp, CHAtttes a. TtaotYtAs,, Publishers, Illinois, U.S1A. (BLACKWELL SCIENTIFIC -PUBLICATIONS. Oxford), 1961: £512s. Od ; , [BA/46j The transactions of an International Sym- ~ posium held eardier this year at the Univer- ~ --sity of California Medical l Centre, San Francisco are contained in this well pra- -;duced book. The Symposium brought togethermenoutstandingmmedicine,,physi- -~,. ology and pat'hology-and! perhaps: tnore: important' than these, those versed in city :' planning and industrial hygiene-together > wtthi statisticians and engineers. - The scope of the papers and discussions =' was extremely wide-the "normal" atmos- phere included consideration of atmos- pheres of Mars and Venus, climatic stress ;i and human action, "capsule" climates both undbrsea and space. An excellent section on urban living and ~•air pollution-smog and! fog-summarizes " many of the problems engendered by in- effective planning of'large ctttes, the con- tributions made by industry and the internal combustion engine. Dr. P. J. Lawther, gives an admirable perspective to our acute and ` chronic pollution problems. "Specifirprob- Ibms" include an excellent section by Pra- fessor Jethro Gough on effects of dust on the human lung, while the panel discussion liere highlights the difficulties arising from inadequate agreement oni what constitutes " emphyscma or normal! lung physiology aG various ages. , -•'Ilhe final sectinn on lung cancer is per- { z^~ ha,ps the most unbalanced, for there is a tendency by most parnticipantsto play down the possible role of the cigarette in the evo- ¢,, lution of this most serious modern medical problcm, Despite this, all those interested' in ensuring that'the air we br;athc shall be as unpolluted as the water we drink, will gain, knowledge andl inspiration, fromi this volume. - . . -, H. Jl N 4.' t ... ~ . . .. 4, ROYAL SOCIETY' OF' -HEALTfI JOUR~'~AL ~t,w_.~~, n~ ~ ~~:~~ ~r,;~f~reat Britain Nov~mber/December, 19b1 ~ Z;. t. 7 s e ? W I fm ra h~.. . ., -n. . ~xx. ?n'~=,~;%f w.