The National Physique. By A. Stayt Dutton. (Bailliere, Tindall, and
Cox. 5s. net.)—This book is intended for profes- sional readers, but it may be studied with advantage by other, especially employers of labour and heads of families. The two main ailments which affect the national health are antemia and tuberculosis, and these two are connected. The causes of these two conditions on the one hand, and the preventives and remedies on the other, make up a large subject on which it is impossible to enter. Most of us, however, practically understand what is meant by "healthy environment." If plenty of air, of good food, and of exercise can be secured, there is little left to desire. Practically the problem is to mitigate as much as possible the unavoidable defects in these matters which modern life, largely urban as it has become, brings about. Here there is much to be learnt from Mr. Dutton's little treatise. He sees great evils at work, but he is not inclined to despair. He believes that the British race has a great recuperative power, and that this power may be largely helped by well-considered regulations.
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