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ABOUT few books can it be said that they have the combined qualities of being interesting, elevating and amusing; but such a claim can certainly be made in the case of Dr. Victor Heiser's book. Dr. Heiser has passed a wonderful life, first in developing the public health service in the Philippines at the time when the United States of America took over these islands, and, at a later date, as one of the executive officers of the Rockefeller Foundation, whose mission it was to organize measures for the suppression of tropical disease, and % especially of hookworm infestation, in many parts of the world.
A Doctor's Odyssey:
Adventures in Forty-five Countries. By Dr. Victor Heiser. Pp. 547. (London: Jonathan Cape, Ltd., 1936.) 15s. net.
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MELLANBY, E. A Doctor's Odyssey. Nature 139, 732–733 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139732a0
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