ABSTRACT
The world of medical literature is crowding even more rapidly than the world of people. There seems to be so much that has to be written and published that new journals must be created and older journals must grow thicker. And, to find his way to what he needs in the thicket of pages, the searching reader must be guided by abstracts and journals of abstracts. Soon there will be guidebooks for the journals of abstracts, to be called indices indicum indecorum. The medical writer who wishes to see his work imprinted must apply to boards of editors whose policies or interests may be as mysterious as the reasons for rejection by one or acceptance by another.
