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Review by: H. Hanford Hopkins
The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec., 1946), p. 406
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H. HANFORD
HoPKiNS
,W
KNOWYouR PROSTATE. The DangerousAge of M-an.
By Edwin F. Bowers. KnickerbockerPublishing
Company, New York. $2.00. 152 pp. 1945.
"Awaybackin 1916,"saystheauthor,
"I published
a
book-'Alcohol-Its Influence
on Mind and Body'whichmaybe foundcoveredwithdustandmildew-in
someoftheoldlibrary
shelves."(p. 122).
This statement
regarding
an earlierpublication
appearsto be quiteprophetic
of thefateof thepresent
work. A tremendous
amountofresearch
hasobviously
gone into the compilation
of this volume-research
consisting
almostentirely
ofcollecting,
rehashing,
and
directly
quoting(inmanycaseswithout
anymention
of
theoriginal
source)ofmyriads
ofnewspaper
andmagazinearticles,
ofwhichmanyare ofthe"it waslearned
heretoday"type!
The workis clearlyintended
forthelay ratherthan
the professional
reader. Even so, thereis not much
hereaboutthe prostatethatis not to be foundin a
seniorhighschoolcoursein biology. After
afewbrief
on thegeneralanatomyand physiology
paragraphs
of
theprostate,
thereaderis led through
theentire
endocrinesystem,
foodsanddiets,sleepandrest,
ionization,
andfinally
intowhatappearstobe heartofthework,a
bungling
attemptto debunkpresent-day
tobaccoand
whiskey
ads. An attackon the"weed" and"demon
rum"bywayoftheprostate
is at leastsomething
new
in the annalsof literature,
eventhoughthe resultis
bizarreand far-fetched.
One is surprised
to findthat
suchan ardentextoller
oftheevilsoftobaccoandalcohol as the authorseemsto be has apparently
never
heardofthelateRaymond
Pearl'sclassicresearches
into
theeffects
ofsmoking
anddrinking
onhumanlongevity.
At manypointsthroughout
the text,the reader,
willbe irritated
whether
lay or professional,
by bad
COSMETICSANDDERMATITIS.
grammar,
faultysentence
structure,
misspelling,
forced
By Louis Schwartzand Samuel M. Peck. Paul B.
humor,needlessrepetition,
and statisticsthat have
Hoeber,New Yorkand London. $4.00. x + 189 pp. beenquotedwithout
mention
oftheoriginal
sourceof
information.
Severalstatements
whicharesufficiently
+ 13plates. 1946.
This is a small book, consistingof 189 well-printed revealing
follow: