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This book is a remarkable achievement and is one of the few that can be quoted in support of specially subsidized research. The author's object has been to present a survey of the literature between the years 1910 and 1933 on 'Psychosomatic Interrelationships', i.e. in simple English, 'Emotions and Bodily Changes'. Part I, entitled 'Orientation and Methodology' is devoted to three problems: that of 'Integration and Differentiation' of 'Acute and Chronic Illness' and of 'Measurement'. Part II, in twelve chapters, deals with the various organ-systems, one chapter being devoted to 'General Metabolism and Heat Regulation'. Part III deals with 'Therapeutic Considerations' and has a 'Conclusion'. The bibliography, extending to 130 pages, contains 2251 references which are classified according to the respective chapter to which they relate. The general index of names and subject matter occupies 35 pages.
This extensive survey appears to have been carried out very conscientiously and the data is summarized in a very clear and readable fashion. The author deliberately does not devote a section to Psycho-Analysis, disclaiming the capacity to present a highly technical subject in a general fashion. Nevertheless, the analytical literature is taken fully into account throughout the whole book and the findings and conclusions there recorded are presented in an unusually intelligent way. The book should undoubtedly be on the shelves of every psychiatrist or medical psychologist.