Professor Ash's remark in the Preface that this book was written ". .. in a style suitable for first-year graduate students in mathematics and the physical sciences.. s " should not be taken too seriously. The material is indeed largely self-contained, but the pace and depth of treatment are such that a heavy dose of mathematical maturity is required of the reader. It must be added that this is...

A review of paint hazards is made, giving brief descriptions of methods of application in use in 1965, of paint usage according to resin base, and of paint ingredients. The most interesting and complex of these are the resin bases, which have much in common with plastics. Reference is made to some of the many minor ingredients. The problem of keeping abreast of the possible toxic effects, so th...

patients had been created, and a number of eminent foreign visitors had toured the hospital. The unfortunate Millingen, who succeeded Ellis, did not stay long, and in 1839 Conolly was appointed. He remained five years as resident physician; it was this five-year experience on which he was to base his major writings, of which The Construction and Government ofLunatic Asylums is perhaps his best....