Experimental Leukemia and Mammary Cancer: Induction, Prevention, Cure By Charles Brenton Huggins (review)

BOOK REVIEWS Experimental Leukemia and Mammary Cancer: Induction, Prevention, Cure. By Charles Brenton Huggins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979. Pp. 221.120.00. Nobelist Charles Brenton Huggins is an unusual scientist who has never abandoned his work at the laboratory bench. It is natural, therefore, that he would produce an unusual book. The distinguishing quality of this slim volume is its blend of history and current background, laboratory direction and observation, and Huggins's conclusions, opinions, and philosophy of research. Huggins and his associates show how the induction, prevention, and treatment of two complicated forms of cancer in rodents can be studied in logical ways with significant results. Beginners as well as seasoned workers in oncology will find much of value in this personal account of research. It will endure as a valuable progress report and as a fine example of oncology. The volume is illustrated, referenced, and indexed in a thorough and pleasing manner. James A. Miller University of Wisconsin Centerfor Health Sciences Madison, Wisconsin Margaret Mead: Some Personal Views. Edited by Rhoda Metraux. New York: Walker & Co., 1979. Pp. 286. $9.95. The late Margaret Mead studied anthropology under Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict. Obeying the quaint Columbia University custom that no one gets die doctorate unless the dissertation is published, she published her thesis in Germany . Probably this is the least read of her works. As Toynbee became the world's greatest historian after his picture appeared on the cover of Time magazine, Margaret Mead in her day became, through the extraordinary impact of her best-selling books, the preeminent American anthropologist . You can still buy Coming ofAge in Samoa (1928) in both cloth and paperback. You can also purchase some 35 other hard-cover titles and 16 paperback tides by Mead or by Mead and coauthors. A third-generation scholar in a family of scholars, Mead always knew who she was and what she wanted to do. Numerous field trips, plus dozens of scholarly reports, plus lectures and a professional position with the American Museum of Natural History gave her an assured scientific reputation. In addition to the Permission to reprint a book review printed in this section may be obtained only from the author. 670 I BookReviews ...