A Pediatrician in Search of Mental Hygiene: By Bronson Crothers, M.D. New York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1937. 271 pp.

Dr. Bronson Crothers has written a most stimulating and philosophical study of the position of the pediatrician in the physical and psychological care of the individual. He recognizes clearly the responsibility of the pediatrician for the welfare of the growing child and its future development. He acknowledges the significant contributions of psychiatrists, psychologists and teachers to these problems. He is, however, convinced that the pediatrician's primary duty has been, and in all probability will continue to be confined to the treatment of organic diseases. He has been for many years in search of some formula which would permit the inclusion of the study of behavior in the field of pediatrics.

I wish here to summarize the results of his search—results which unfortunately are not too definite because of the complexities of the subject. Admitting that if the pediatrician is to serve as a director of only the physical welfare of the child, much in his field of usefulness must be usurped by the mental hygiene group; he is certain however that any plan of coöperation with the mental hygiene group must never in any way interfere with the pediatrician's efficiency as an organic therapist. He states that there remains much to be done in the organic field of medicine in the purely physical care of the child. There must be much reorganization and restatement of the aims of preventive pediatrics before very much can be done to include disorders of behavior. He does not want the pediatrician to duplicate the work of the trained psychologist and is searching for some way in which coöperation