4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE ~ Public Health Service r )xOt National Library of Medicine September 1963 SOME RECENT PAPERBACK BOOKS ON HEALTH AND MEDICAL SUBJECTS This is a selected list of currently in-print, inexpensive books written for the student or layman. Many of these books may be available in public libraries and some school libraries. ALLERGY Feinberg, S. M. Living with your allergy. Philadelphia, Keystone Books-KB2, 1958. 190 p. $1.25. Rudolph, J. A., Rudolph, B. M. Allergies; what they are and what to do about them. IJfcw York, Pucbot Dooks-M5050, 1962. 240 p. 50 cents. ANATOMY,AND PHYSIOLOGY American Medical Association. The wonderful human machine, illus. Chicago, 1961. $1.00. American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago 10, Illinois. Evans, F. G. Atlas of human anc.tomy. illus. Ames, Iowa. Littlefield, Adams-60, 1957. 204 p. ^1.75. Harrison, R. J. Man the peculiar animal, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A412, 1953. 307 p. £'1.45. Singer, C. A. A short history of anatomy and physiology. 2d ed. illus. New York, Dover, 1957. 209 p. $1.75. Sproul, E. E. Science book of the human body, illus. New York, Pocket Books-GC174, 1955. 232 p. 50 cents. Walker, K. M. Human physiology, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books- A102, I960. 192 p. $1.25. BIOGRAPHY Dubos, R. J. Pasteur and modern science. New York, Anchor Books-Sl5, 1960. 159 p. 95 cents. Payne, Robert. Three worlds of Albert Schweitzer. Bloomington, Ind., Midland Books-MB-29, 1961. 252 p. $1.75. ZVVB 130 U56s 19 b 3 NATICWl. LTORY OF MEDICIflE —-- BETICC4, »:D. Shippen, K. B. Men of medicine, illus. New York, Vil-ing Explorer Books-X6, I960. 220 p. p..25. Sigerist, Henry. Great doctors: a biographical history of medicine from the ancient world to the twentieth century. New York, Anchor Books-Al40, 1958. 422 p. $1.45. Thomson, Elizabeth. Harvey Cushing: surgeon, author, artist. illus. New York, Collier Books-AS74, 1962. 318 p. 95 cents. Slaughter, F. G. Semelwoiss: the concAueror of childbed fever. illus. New York, Collier Books-AS71, 1962. 159 p. 95 cents. BIOLOGY Waddington, C. H. Biology for the modern world, illus. New York, Barnes and Noble-EH288, 1962. 120 p. 95 cents. BIOPHYSICS Galambos, Robert. Nerves and muscles, illus. New York, Anchor Books-S25, 1962. 158 p. 95 cents. BLOOD Asimov, Isaac. Bloodstream: river of life, illus. Mew York, Collier Books-AScb, 1961. 221 p. 95 cents. BRAIN Chauchard, Paul. Brain, illus. Trans, by David Noakes. New York, Evergreen Books-P-39, 1962. 192 p. 95 cunts. Walter, W. G. Living brain, illus. New York, Norton-N153, 1953. 311 p. ^1.75. CANCER Harris, R. J. C. Cancer: the nature of the problem, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A549, 1962. 172 p. 95 cents. CELLS Butler, J. A. V. Inside the living cell, illus. New York, Science Editions-074, 1962. 174 p. $1.65. Chambers, R. W., Payne, A. S. From cell to test tube, illus. New York, Scribn«r-SL:6, I960. 216 p. $1.45. Hoffman, J. G. Life and death of cells. Now York, Dolphin Books-Cl56, 1961. 354 p. 95 cents. McElroy, W. P. Cellular physiology and biochemistry, illus. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. 120 p. \1.75. Mercer, E. H. Cells, their structure and function, illus. New York, Anchor Books-N25, 1962. 134 p. 95 cents. Swanson, C. P. The coll. illus. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, I960. 114 p. $1.75. EVOLUTION Rhodes, F. H. T. Evolution of life. Baltimore, Penguin Beoks- A512, 1962. 302 p. $1.45. von Koeningswald, G. H. R. Evolution of man. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ann Arbor Science Paperbacks-511, 1962. 148 p. $1.95. EYES Vail, Derrick. Truth about your Byes. 2d ed. illus. New York, Collier Books-ASl32X, 1962. 156 p. 95 cents. ENZYMES, HORMONES, VITAMINS Asimov, Isaac. The chemicals of life: enzymes, vitamins, hormones, illus. New York, Signet Books-P2144, 1962. 159 p. 60 cents. Corner, G. W. The hormones in humon reproduction, illus. New York, Atheneum-16, 1963. 281 p. 65 cents. Mason, A. S. Health and hormones, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A487, I960. 200 p. 95 cents. Riedman, S. R. Our hormones and how they work, illus. New York, Collier,BookS-AS320, 1962. 127 p. 95 cents. GENETICS AND HEREDITY Asimov, Isaac. The genetic code, illus. New York, Signet Books-P2250, 1962. 137 p. 60 cents. Asimov, Isaac. Wellsprings of life, illus. New York, Signet Books-P2066, I960. 238 p. 60 cents. Bonner, D. M. Heredity, .illus. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. 112 p. $1.50. Goldstein, Philip. Genetics is easy. 2d ed. illus. New York, Viking Explorer Books-X22, 1961. 238 p. $1.45. Levine, R. P. Genetics, illus. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. 180 p. $1.75. Scheinfeld, Amram. Basic facts ef human heredity. Rev. ed. illus. New Ycrk, Washington Squere Press-W603, 1961. 273 p. 60 cents. Winchester, A. M. Heredity: an introduction to genetics. illus. New Yurk, Barnes end Noble-C0581, 1961. 269 p. $1.75. HEART D'Alonzo, C. A. A handbook of heart disease, blood pressure and strokes: the causes, treatment, and prevention of these disorders, illus. New York, Collier Books-AS424, 1962. 127 p. 95 cents. Giusti, G., Hoffmann, R. Heart; anatomy, function and diseases. illus. New York, Dell-3532, 1962. 120 p. 95 cents. HYPNOSIS Marcuse, F. L. Hypnosis; fact and fiction. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A446, 1961. 224 p. 95 cents. LEPROSY Martin, Betty. Miracle at Carville. Ed. by Evelyn Wells. New York, Image Books-Dl50, 1963. 238 p. 85 cents. MEDICINE — PAST AND PRESENT Calder, Ritchie. Medicine and nun; the story cf the art and science of healing. New York, Signet Books-?216b, 1958. 256 p. 60 cents. Gale, A. H. Epidemic diseases; the causes, course, and effects of the virus and bacterial diseases that have ravaged mankind, from the Black Death to the polio and influenza of today, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A456, 1959. 159 p. 95 cents. Margerson, David. Medicine today, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-Q24, 1961. 112 t. $1.25. Murphy, A. L. Story of medicine, illus. New York, Airmont-NF-1, 1962. 192 p. 50 cents. Sarton, George. Ancient science and modern civilization. Now York. Torchbocks-TB501, 1959. HI p. 95 cents. Sigerist, H. E. Civilization and disease, illus. Chicago, Phoenix Books-PSS511, 1962. 254 p. £1.95. MICROBIOLOGY de Kruif, Paul. Microbe hunters. New York, Pocket Eooks-GC76, 1962. 342 p. 50 cents. Fraonkel-Conrat, Heinz. Design and function at the threshold of life: the viruses, illus. New York, Academic Press, 1$'2. 117 p. $1.95. Simon, H. J. Microbes and men. illus. New York, Scholastic Book Series-SV5, 1963. 160 p. 50 cents. Sistrom, W. R. Microbial life, illus. New York, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1962. 112 p. £1.75. Smith, K. M. Viruses, illus. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1962. 134 p. $1.95. PSYCHIATRY Berne, Eric. A layman*s guide to psychiatry and psychoanalysis. 2d ed. New York, Black Cat Series»EC30, 1962. 320 p. 75 cents. Hinsie, L. E. Understandable psychiatry. New York, Collier Beoks-A£332, 1962. 350 p. 95 c^nts. Ray, M. B. Doctors of the mind: the story of psychiatry. New York, Charter Books-132, 1963. 356 p. $1.95. Rcdlich, F., Bingham, J. The inside story; psychiatry and everyday life, illus. New York, Vintage Books-V99, 1>60. 280 p. $1.45. RADIATION EFFECTS Hoopes, Roy. Report on fallout in your food, illus. New York, Signet Books-D2113, 1962. 123 p. 50 cents. World Health Organizatien. Health hazards of ionizing radiation. New York, International Documents Service, 1961. $1.00. SENSES von Buddenbrock, Wolf.'jonc. The senses, illus. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ann Arbor Sc:-nee Poperbacks-503, 195b. 167 p. $1.95. SPACE BIOLOGY Hanrahan, J. S., Bushnell, D. Space biolegy; the human factors in space flight. New York, Science Editions-270-S, 1962. 285 p. $1.95. SURGERY Thprwald, Jurgen. The .century of the surgeon. New York, Bantam Books-S26o7, 1957. 423 p. 75 cents. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE Public Health Service 0,S. National Library of Medicine •/> September 1963 SOME RECENT PAPERBACK BOOKS ON HEALTH AND MEDICAL SUBJECTS This is a selected list of currently in-print, inexpensive books written for the student or layman. Many of these books may be available in public libraries and some school libraries. ALLERGY Feinberg, S. M. Living with your allergy. Philadelphia, Keystone Books-KB2, 1958. 190 p. $1.25. Rudolph, J. A., Rudolph, B. M. Allergies; what they are and what to do about them. New York, Pocket Books-M5050, 1962. 240 p. 50 cents. ANATOMY:AND PHYSIOLOGY American Medical Association. The wonderful human machine, illus. Chicago, 1961. $1.00. American Medical Association, 535 North Dearborn Street, Chicago 10, Illinois. Evans, F. G. Atlas of human ano.tomy. illus. Ames, Iowa. Littlefield, Adams-60, 1957. 204 p. $1.75. Harrison, R. J. Man the peculiar animal, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A412, 1958. 307 p. $1.45. Singer, C. A. A short history of anatomy and physiology. 2d ed. illus. New York, Dover, 1957. 209 p. $1.75. Sproul, E. E. Science book of the human body, illus. New York, Pocket Books-GC174, 1955. 232 p. 50 cents. Walker, K. M. Human physiology, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books- A102, I960. 192 p. $1.25. BIOGRAPHY Dubos, R. J. Pasteur and modern science. New York, Anchor Books-Sl5, 1960. 159 p. 95 cents. Payne, Robert. Three worlds of Albert Schweitzer. Bloomington, Ind., Midland Books-MB-29, 1961. 252 p. $1.75. 1*30 (J56s l%3 c.Z Shippen, K. B. Men of medicine, illus. New York, Viking Explorer Books-X6, 1960. 220 p. $1.25. Sigerist, Henry. Great doctors: a biographical history of medicine from the ancient world to the twentieth century. New York, Anchor Books-Al40, 1958. 422 p. $1.45. Thomson, Elizabeth. Harvey Cushing: surgeon, author, artist. illus. New York, Collier Books-AS74, 1962. 318 p. 95 cents. Slaughter, F. G. Semelwoiss: the conqueror of childbed fever. illus. New York, Collier Books-AS71, 1962. 159 p. 95 cents. BIOLOGY Waddington, C. H. Biology for the modern world, illus. New York, Barnes and Noble-EH238, 1962. 120 p. 95 cents. BIOPHYSICS Galambos, Robert. Nerves and muscles, illus. New York, Anchor Books-S25, 1962. 158 p. 95 cents. BLOOD Asimov, Isaac. Bloodstream: river of life, illus. New York, Collier Books-AS8, 1961. 221 p. 95 cents. BRAIN Chauchard, Paul. Brain, illus. Trans, by David Noakes. New York, Evergreen Books-P-39, 1962. 192 p. 95 cents. Walter, W. G. Living brain, illus. New York, Morton-Nl533 1953. 311 p. ^1.75. CANCER Harris, R. J. C. Cancer: the nature of the problem, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A549, 1962. 172 p. 95 cents. CELLS Butler, J. A. V. Inside the living cell, illus. New York, Science Editions-074, 1962. 174 p. $1.65. Chambers, R. W., Payne, A. S. -From cell to test tube, illus. New York, Scribner-SL86, I960. 216 p. $1.45. Hoffman, J. G. Life and death of cells. Now York, Dolphin Books-Cl56, 1961. 354 p. 95 cents. McElroy, W. D. Cellular physiology and biochemistry, illus. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. 120 p. $1.75. Mercer, E. H. Cells, their structure and function, illus. New York, Anchor Books-N25, 1962. 134 p. 95 cents. Swanson, C. P. The cell, illus. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, I960. 114 p. $1.75. EVOLUTION Rhodes, F. H. T. Evolution of life. Baltimore, Penguin Books- A512, 1962. 302 p. $1.45. von Koeningswald, G. H. R. Evolution of man. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ann Arbor Science Paperbacks-511, 1962. 148 p. $1.95. EYES Vail, Derrick. Truth about your Byes. 2d ed. illus. New York, Collier Books-AS132X, 1962. 156 p. 95 cents. ENZYMES, HORMONES, VITAMINS Asimov, Isaac. The chemicals of life: enzymes, vitamins, hormones, illus. New York, Signet Books-P2144, 1962. 159 p. 60 cents. Corner, G. W. The hormones in human reproduction, illus. New York, Atheneum-16, 1963. 281 p. 65 cents. Mason, A. S. Health and hormones, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A487, I960. 200 p. 95 cents. Riedman, S. R. Our hormones and how they work, illus. New York, Collier,Books-AS320, 1962. 127 p. 95 cents. GENETICS AND HEREDITY Asimov, Isaac. The genetic code, illus. New York, Signet Books-P2250, 1962. 137 p. 60 cents. Asimov, Isaac. Wellsprings of life, illus. New York, Signet Books-P2066, I960. 238 p. 60 cents. Bonner, D. M. Heredity, .illus. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1961. 112 p. $1.50. Goldstein, Philip. Genetics is easy. 2d ed. illus. New York, Viking Explorer Books-X22, 1961. 238 p. $1.45. Levine, R. P. Genetics, illus. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. 180 p. $1.75. Scheinfeld, Amram. Basic facts of human heredity. Rev. ed, illus. New York, Washington Square Press-Wo03, 1961. 273 p. 60 cents. Winchester, A. M. Heredity, an introduction to genetics. illus. New Yerk, Barnes and Noble-C0581, 1961. 269 p. $1.75. HEART D'Alonzo, C. A. A handbook of heart disease, blood pressure and strokes: the causes, treatment, and prevention of these disorders, illus. New York, Collier Books-AS424, 1962. 127 p. 95 cents. Giusti, G., Hoffmann, R. Heart; anatomy, function and diseases. illus. New York, Dell-3532, 1962. 120 p. 95 cents. HYPNOSIS Marcuse, F. L. Hypnosis; fact and fiction. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A446, 1961. 224 p. 95 cents. LEPROSY Martin, Betty. Miracle at Carville. Ed. by Evelyn Wells. New York, Image Books~Dl50, 1963. 233 p. 85 cents. ) ■ MEDICINE — PAST AND PRESENT Calder, Ritchie. Medicine and man; the story of the art and science of healing. New York, Signet Books-P216£, 1958. 256 p. 60 cents. Gale, A. H. Epidemic diseases; the causes, course, and effects of the virus and bacterial diseases that have ravaged mankind, from the Black Death to the polio and influenza of today, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-A456, 1959. 159 p. 95 cents. Margerson, David. Medicine today, illus. Baltimore, Penguin Books-Q24, 1961. 112 p. $1.25. Murphy, A. L. Story of medicine, illus. New York, Airmont-NF-1, 1962. 192 p. 50 cents. Sarton, George. Ancient science and modern civilization. New York, Torchbooks-TB501, 1959. Ill p. 95 cents. Sigerist, H. E. Civilization and disease, illus. Chicago, Phoenix Books-PSS511, 1962. 254 p. $1.95. MICROBIOLOGY de Kruif, Paul. Microbe hunters. New York, Pocket Books-GC76, 1962. 342 p. 50 cents. Fraenkel-Conrat, Heinz. Design and function at the threshold of life: the viruses, illus. New York, Academic Press, 19'2. 117 p. $1.95. Simon, H. J. Microbes and men. illus. New York, Scholastic Book Series-SV5, 1963. 160 p. 50 cents. Sistrom, W. R. Microbial life, illus. New York, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1962. 112 p. $1.75. Smith, K. M. Viruses, illus. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1962. 134 p. $1.95. PSYCHIATRY Berne, Eric. A layman1s guide to psychiatry and psychoanalysis. 2d ed. New York, Black Cat Series-BC30, 1962. 320 p. 75 cents. Hinsie, L. E. Understandable psychiatry. New York, Collier Books-AS332, 1962. 350 p. 95 cents. Ray, M. B. Doctors of the mind: the story of psychiatry New York, Charter Books-132, 1963. 356 p. $1.95. Redlich, F., Bingham, J. The inside story; psychiatry and everyday life, illus. New York, Vintage Bocks-V99, I960. 280 p. $1.45. RADIATION EFFECTS Hoopes, Roy. Report on fallout in your food, illus. New York, Signet Books-D2113, 1962. 123 p. 50 cents. World Health Organization. Health hazards of ionizing radiation. New York, International Documents Service, 1961. $1.00. SENSES von Buddenbrock, Wolfgang. The senses, illus. Ann Arbor, Mich., Ann Arbor Sc:-nee Paperbacks-503, 1953. 167 p. $1.95. SPACE BIOLOGY Hanrahan, J. S., Bushnell, D. Space biology; the human factors in space flight. New York, Science Editions-270-S, 1962. 285 P. $1.95. SURGERY Thorwald, Jurgen. The century of the surgeon. New York, Bantam Eooks-S2687, 1957. 423 p. 75 cents.