文档介绍：BOOK REVIEWS
Positively, to this reader at least, the most fascinating part of the book
was Chapters 4 through 8. This section deals with poisoned weapons, early
Spanish exploration, native exploits, and the preparation of raw curare.
These are not usually included in the "dry" histories. Also interesting
were the stories of Humboldt, Waterton, and Gill.
Negatively, the unfortunate part of this book is that the author seems
compelled to teach pharmacology, anesthesiology and the entire history of
surgery in order to place his historical narration about curare in very
specific perspective. He has striven for too pleteness, and hence
will satisfy neither the profession nor the laity.
Arrows of Mercy is pleasant and informative (or bedtime) reading.
FREDERICK W. HEHRE
PHYSICAL CONTROL OF THE MIND: TOWARD A PSYCHOCIVILIZED SOCIETY.
By Jose M. R. Delgado. New York, Harper and Row, 1969. 280 pp.
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As part of the World Perspectives Series, one purpose of which is to
"reveal basic new trends in modern civilizations," this book is more an
essay upon social forces, ethics, and the human condition than it is strictly
a scientific report. The book begins by posing basic questions about man's
relationship to his environment and the nature of man's freedom and
responsibility. Vigorously, it describes the problems besetting man in the
modern world, especially th