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Edited by Rudolf L. Baer, M.D. Price, $2.50. Pp. 112. J. B. Lippincott Company, 227-231 S. Sixth St., Philadelphia, 1955.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;73(4):398.

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A glance at the names of the six men who contributed to this slim monograph, another in the series of the Practitioners Pocket Books, assures an authoritative book, which this is. The authors—Baer, Sulzberger, Kierland, Rostenberg, Sternberg, and Newcomer—offer material that is thoroughly up to date, thought-provoking, and written in a pleasant conversational manner.

It contains no original contributions; rather it crystallizes that which is known about the clinical course, stigmata, theories of pathogenesis, treatment, etc., and thus helps one to organize one's thoughts on the subject. It is of interest that all of the authors favor the organic approach to the subject, with the psychogenic decidedly secondary—in fact, Dr. Sulzberger's chapter includes a delightful "Semantic Ballad," the last two lines of which read, "A lot more proof I shall have to see And a lot more cures by psychiatree."

The book should be read by all who practice dermatology . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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