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Physics and Chemistry for Nurses by Amy Elizabeth PopeThe American Journal of Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Oct., 1916), pp. 93-94Published by: Lippincott Williams & WilkinsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3405910 .

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BOOK REVIEWS IN CHARGE OF

M. E. CAMERON, R.N.

PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY FOR NURSES. By Amy Elizabeth Pope. Graduate of the School of Nursing of the Presbyterian Hospital of the City of New York; Special Diploma in Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; formerly In- structor in the School of Nursing, Presbyterian Hospital; Instruc- tor in the School of Nursing, St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, California. Author of Quiz Book of Nursing, Anatomy and Physi- ology for Nurses, A Medical Dictionary for Nurses, and, with Anna C. Maxwell, of Practical Nursing. Illustrated. G. P. Put- nam's Sons, New York and London. Price, $1.75.

The work that Miss Pope has done for nurses and other students of domestic science can only be estimated by the reader, and once taken up, the book is bound to interest the most casual student. In ancient times, people feared the knowledge of chemistry and its students were accounted wizards, possessing powers perhaps for good but certainly for evil. The student who follows Miss Pope's teaching need only be feared as an agency of evil when she fails to profit by instruction here so admirably demonstrated. Miss Pope has already contributed sev- eral valuable books for use in the teaching of nurses; the present vol- ume is in no way behind her other works. It indicates a careful and thorough selection of such gleanings from the vast field of physics and chemistry as are indispensable to the preparation for hospital training and includes the various actions that occur in cleaning, disinfection, cooking, digestion and metabolism.

LATERAL CURVATURE OF THE SPINE AND ROUND SHOULDERS. By Robert W. Lovett, M.D., Boston. John B. and Buckminster Brown, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Surgeon to the Children's Hospital, Boston; Surgeon-in-Chief to the Massachusetts Hospital School, Canton; Consulting Ortho- pedic Surgeon to the Boston Dispensary; Member of the Ameri- can Orthopedic Association; Corresponding Member of the Royal Society of Physicians, Budapest; Korrespondierendes Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Orthopadische Chirurgie; Socio Della Societa Italiana Di Ortopedia. Third Edition, Revised and En- larged, with 180 illustrations. P. Blackiston's Son & Co., 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Price, $1.75.

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The third edition of Dr. Lovett's book shows some change of treat- ment and a more vigorous advocacy of forcible correction and the use of gymnastic exercises. A chapter on the history of scoliosis has also been added which shows that this condition was known to the earliest writers of medical books.

NURSING PROBLEMS AND OBLIGATIONS. By Sara E. Parsons, R.N., Superintendent of the Training School for Nurses, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Whitcomb and Barrows, Boston. Price, $1.00.

When Dr. Billings advised nurses "be good women but don't have a code of ethics," his advice was considered good. It is still good, so far as a code is concerned, since no set of rules however diversified could begin to cover the many situations that arise, to confront and confound the nurse. Miss Parsons has hit upon the answer to the problem, insisting on the development of character in the probationer and pupil nurse. In urging upon her the early recognition of her re- sponsibilities, her code includes many commandments in the positive, few or none in the negative. "Thou shalt," is the rule; seldom, "Thou shalt not."

"Just as the nurse must discover the underlying principles of all nursing procedures, so must she endeavor to learn and practice right methods of reasoning about conduct; and if she does so she will never quite be helpless in any kind of emergency." This double fidelity Miss Parsons insists must be carried through the whole of the nurse's career. Graduation adds to the responsibilities, as the need of loyally upholding and serving her alumnae association; her part in maintain- ing and forwarding such agencies as the County, State and National Societies; and of assisting by subscription and contribution to the na- tional magazine, the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, also of creating in every large city a Central Directory; these are some of the more obvious duties to which the nurse must never fail to give her loyal support.

Following this course, and upon such a foundation of technical skill, fortified by character, there is no opportunity which the nurse cannot embrace and she may bring her offering of service to many an unlooked-for port.

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR NURSES. By John McWilliams Berry, M.D. Clinical Professor of Orthopedics and Rontgenology at the Albany Medical College, New York. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia and London. Price, $1.00.

The third edition of Dr. Lovett's book shows some change of treat- ment and a more vigorous advocacy of forcible correction and the use of gymnastic exercises. A chapter on the history of scoliosis has also been added which shows that this condition was known to the earliest writers of medical books.

NURSING PROBLEMS AND OBLIGATIONS. By Sara E. Parsons, R.N., Superintendent of the Training School for Nurses, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Whitcomb and Barrows, Boston. Price, $1.00.

When Dr. Billings advised nurses "be good women but don't have a code of ethics," his advice was considered good. It is still good, so far as a code is concerned, since no set of rules however diversified could begin to cover the many situations that arise, to confront and confound the nurse. Miss Parsons has hit upon the answer to the problem, insisting on the development of character in the probationer and pupil nurse. In urging upon her the early recognition of her re- sponsibilities, her code includes many commandments in the positive, few or none in the negative. "Thou shalt," is the rule; seldom, "Thou shalt not."

"Just as the nurse must discover the underlying principles of all nursing procedures, so must she endeavor to learn and practice right methods of reasoning about conduct; and if she does so she will never quite be helpless in any kind of emergency." This double fidelity Miss Parsons insists must be carried through the whole of the nurse's career. Graduation adds to the responsibilities, as the need of loyally upholding and serving her alumnae association; her part in maintain- ing and forwarding such agencies as the County, State and National Societies; and of assisting by subscription and contribution to the na- tional magazine, the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, also of creating in every large city a Central Directory; these are some of the more obvious duties to which the nurse must never fail to give her loyal support.

Following this course, and upon such a foundation of technical skill, fortified by character, there is no opportunity which the nurse cannot embrace and she may bring her offering of service to many an unlooked-for port.

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR NURSES. By John McWilliams Berry, M.D. Clinical Professor of Orthopedics and Rontgenology at the Albany Medical College, New York. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia and London. Price, $1.00.

The third edition of Dr. Lovett's book shows some change of treat- ment and a more vigorous advocacy of forcible correction and the use of gymnastic exercises. A chapter on the history of scoliosis has also been added which shows that this condition was known to the earliest writers of medical books.

NURSING PROBLEMS AND OBLIGATIONS. By Sara E. Parsons, R.N., Superintendent of the Training School for Nurses, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. Whitcomb and Barrows, Boston. Price, $1.00.

When Dr. Billings advised nurses "be good women but don't have a code of ethics," his advice was considered good. It is still good, so far as a code is concerned, since no set of rules however diversified could begin to cover the many situations that arise, to confront and confound the nurse. Miss Parsons has hit upon the answer to the problem, insisting on the development of character in the probationer and pupil nurse. In urging upon her the early recognition of her re- sponsibilities, her code includes many commandments in the positive, few or none in the negative. "Thou shalt," is the rule; seldom, "Thou shalt not."

"Just as the nurse must discover the underlying principles of all nursing procedures, so must she endeavor to learn and practice right methods of reasoning about conduct; and if she does so she will never quite be helpless in any kind of emergency." This double fidelity Miss Parsons insists must be carried through the whole of the nurse's career. Graduation adds to the responsibilities, as the need of loyally upholding and serving her alumnae association; her part in maintain- ing and forwarding such agencies as the County, State and National Societies; and of assisting by subscription and contribution to the na- tional magazine, the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, also of creating in every large city a Central Directory; these are some of the more obvious duties to which the nurse must never fail to give her loyal support.

Following this course, and upon such a foundation of technical skill, fortified by character, there is no opportunity which the nurse cannot embrace and she may bring her offering of service to many an unlooked-for port.

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY FOR NURSES. By John McWilliams Berry, M.D. Clinical Professor of Orthopedics and Rontgenology at the Albany Medical College, New York. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia and London. Price, $1.00.

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