Review Feature: Symposium Review of

Book reviews in this article:
G eorge A. H uaco , University of New Mexico
L awrence J ohn R edlinger , University of Texas, Dallas     

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For the time being: ethnography of everyday life By Richard Quinney. New York: State University of New York Press, 1998. 198 pages. $20.95 paper. ISBN: 079143852x.     

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Paul Hulton: America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White, Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288 Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. Publication date: August, 1984 Price $24.95, Audience: High school-adult. Reviewed by J. Frederick Fausz.

James C. Cobb: Industrialization and Southern Society 1877–1984 Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0024 Publication date: 1984 Price: $19.00 Audience: Teachers, professors, and college students interested in American history, economic geography, and sociology. Reviewed by Joe B. Hurst and John W. Shepard.

William Ray Heitzmann: Opportunities in Sports Medicine, Publkher: VGM Career Horizons National Textbook Company 4255 West Touhy Avenue Lincolnwood, Illinois 60646 Publication date: 1984 Price: Softcover $6.95; Hardcover $9.95 Audience: High School to Adult Reviewed by Irwin Rosenstein.     

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Fire in the Eyes of Youth: The Humanities in American Education, Edited by Randolph Jennings. St. Paul, Minnesota: Occasional Press, 1993. 156 pp. Paperbound. ISBN 0-939962-10-1. $10, plus $3 P&;H. Reviewed by Rodney F. Allen.     

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A funny thing happened on the way to the nursing home: A different handbook for carers of dementia patients JIM CONNOR (1997), BOOKBIND PUBLISHING, PO BOX 309, OURIMBAH NSW2258. 75PP., $15.00 (PAPER)

The adult guardianship experiment: Tribunals and popular justice TERRY CARNEY AND DAVID TAIT (1997), THE FEDERATION PRESS, SYDNEY.229PP., $35.00 (PAPER)     

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Uprooting and Health: Psycho-social Problems of Students from Abroad: Uprooting and Health: Psycho-social Problems of Students from Abroad, Charles A. A. Zwingmann and Alexander D. G. Gunn. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1983, 89pp.

“The Relationship of Dietary Calcium to the Maintenance of Skeletal Integrity in Man–-An Interface of Endocrinology and Nutrition,” Robert Marcus. Calcium restriction reliably produces osteoporosis in animals, but the impact of dietary calcium on age-related bone loss in man is controversial. The opinion that calcium intake is not clearly related to bone mass or to osteoporosis is well-entrenched in the nutrition literature, and has been influential in setting recommended intakes for the American public. This position rests on the poor correlation between habitual calcium intake and the incidence of osteoporosis in some non-Western countries, and on demonstrations that young men can achieve calcium balance on low intakes. However, such data neglect a variety of factors which determine calcium nutriture. These include the efficiency of mineral utilization, gonadal status, and the effect of dietary protein. It has recently been demonstrated that calcium requirements increase during adult life in women. This increase is attributable in large measure, but not completely, to estrogen deprivation associated with the menopause. In addition, the American diet is abundant in protein, a situation which may be deleterious to bone. Based on the evidence currently available, it is reasonable to propose that adolescent and young women consume one gram of calcium daily, and that this intake be increased to 1500 mg at the time of menopause. (Metabolism 1982 January;31(1):93)

“Campylobacter Enteritis: Early Diagnosis with Gram's Stain,” David D. Ho, Mark J. Ault, Mary A. Ault, Glen H. Murata. Campylobacter jejuni has become one of the most important causes of infectious diarrhea in the United States. We examined the utility of Gram's stain of stool for the rapid presumptive diagnosis of Campylobacter enteritis in a large, urban hospital and found that this test has a sensitivity of 43.5% and a specificity of 99.4%. We believe that Gram's stain of stool could be used to direct the early management of up to one half of patients infected with this pathogen. (Archives of Internal Medicine 1982;142:1858–1860)