The new edition of the "Directory of Medical Specialists," which was favorably reviewed on the occasion of its first publication, in 1940 (Arch. Ophth.24: 615 [Sept.] 1940), contains complete information on 18,000 certified specialists. There are more than 4,000 new names, and in addition the information about each physician is more complete. It is needless to say that the directory is thus more useful and will be of great value to administrators in this period of the nation's great war effort.
Each American board gives a geographic and biographic list of the specialists certified and an alphabetical list with full information. Finally, the organization and the examination requirements of each of the boards are explained in full.
The directing editor continues to be Dr. Paul Titus, the associate editor J. Stewart Rodman and the advisory editorial board as follows : Dr. John Green, ophthalmology ; Dr. W. P. Wherry, otolaryngology ; Dr.