Päediatrische Unfallfibel, vol. 95, by H. Moll and J. H. Ries. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1971, 86 pp., $4.30

The German word "fibel" means primer; the title of this volume therefore suggests that it was the authors' intention to produce an elementary text on accidents in children. This is exactly what they have done by describing in a volume of some 80 pages most of the various misadventures that might befall a child. Obviously, such space limitation means that subjects can only be covered sketchily. Thus, fractures are discussed in nine pages, eye injuries in two, and poisoning in 20.