FEAR OF ILLNESS
THE CONQUEST OF FEAR, by Harley Williams; Jonathan Cape. English price, 16/-. HIS collection of portraits, the fourth in a series about men and women who have contributed to "the arts and sciences of medicine," is meant to illustrate in a general way the theme that the conquest of fear is the beginning
(C) Punch of wisdom. All the people Mr... Williams writes about have helped to overcome our fear of illness. Most of them are research workers or doctors, but the book ends with a chapter on President Roosevelt as a "patient extraordinary." The author writes interestingly, and so far as a layman can tell he has been
careful. with his facts.
F.A.
J.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 737, 28 August 1953, Page 14
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118FEAR OF ILLNESS New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 737, 28 August 1953, Page 14
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