Dr. A. M. Mazhbits. Treatment of female diseases with mud and brine baths. A practical guide for doctors with a foreword by prof. R.V. Kiparsky and Associate Professor V.A.Polubinsky. Publishing house Kubuch, Leningrad, 1928. Price 2 rubles 25 kopecks

The tremendous importance of physiatric methods of treatment, correctly assessed by the leaders of Soviet medicine, has led to the fact that these methods are spreading more and more widely in our Union, and an increasing circle of doctors is being drawn into the number of active workers in physics. Balneotherapy, as one of the types of physiatrics, is increasingly being used in gynecology and, with the modern organization of the spa business, attracts new cadres of workers. With the lack of familiarity of the general public with mud therapy of gynecological diseases, the emergence of a practical systematic guide in this area is imperative, and from this point of view, the publication of Dr. Mazhbits's book is quite timely, and the book itself, despite some shortcomings, significantly fills the gap in the literature of this area, The book is conceived and compiled according to an extensive program, contains a historical essay on mud therapy, a description of the properties of mud, a detailed presentation of theories about the essence of the action of mud. A detailed description of the mud therapy technique concerns only the technique of the Crimean mud baths. Outlining the technique of mud therapy, the author describes in some detail intravaginal, intrarectal and combined abdomino-vaginal treatment and reveals himself to be a supporter of the method of "sparing". The author's striving for scientific processing of the material in the sense of studying the functional changes of various organs under the influence of mud therapy, especially changes in the menstrual curve, can be fully welcomed. It is also quite correct to recognize such a setting of the case when the treatment is carried out under the strict control of scientifically established indicators (reaction to baths, t °, SR, leukocyte, formula, etc.). Special chapters are devoted to the indications and contraindications for mud therapy, the regimen of patients during and after mud therapy, as well as the accounting of the immediate and long-term results of mud therapy in gynecological patients.