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same terminology, clarified in a brief glossary. All chapters deal mainly
with early embryogenesis prior to and around implantation.
One chapter bibliography has been updated until 1977, the others are up
to date until 1976. The photographs and electron micrographs are well reproduced.
30.
J. M. TANNER. 1978. FOETUS INTO MAN: PHYSICAL GROWTH FROM CONCEPTION TO
MATURITY
Open Books, London. VI, 250 pp., 81 figs., 5 tabs., author and subject indexes.
£ 7.95 (cloth), £ 4.50 (paper)
Contents: 1. The curve of growth, 2. Cells and the growth of tissues, 3.
Growth before birth, 4. Sex differentiation up to puberty, 5. Puberty, 6.
Developmental age, and the problems of early and late maturers, 7. The endocrinology
of growth, 8. Growth and development of the brain, 9. The interaction
of heredity and environment in the control of growth, 10. The organization
of the growth process, 11. Standards of normal growth, 12. Disorders
of growth
This little book is a gem of scientific exposition. A subject that could
easily be dull has been made highly interesting by a broad definition of
growth and a lively style. Moreover, the treatment is entirely up to date and
technicalities are explained in simple language.
The book is well produced and illustrated. The chapter bibliographies are
broken down into references and annotated items for further reading.
Symposium reports
31.
CIBA - Symposium. 1977. THE FREEZING OF MAMMALIAN EMBRYOS
Elsevier - Excerpta Medica - North-Holland, Amsterdam, etc. Ciba Foundation
Symposium 52 (new series). X,330 pp., 84 figs., 36 tabs., subject index,
index to contributors. $ 28.25, Df 1.69. 00
This symposium volume is of only limited importance to mammalian embryologists.
Nevertheless, items of interest are to be found here and there,
particularly in the group discussions. The volume deals with the basic and
applied aspects of the freezing of embryos of the mouse and several other
mammals. They are discussed by a group of specialists mainly from Britain
and the U.S.A.
One paper is of more immediate interest to embryologists : the largely
theoretical contribution by Riggers et al . on transport mechanisms in the
preimplantation mammalian embryo.
The volume is produced with the meticulous care we have come to expect
from this series.
Reference works
32.
INTERNATIONAL ANATOMICAL NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE. 1977. NOMINA ANATOMICA. 4th
edit.
Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, etc. XXVIII, 168 pp., Dfl. 120.00, $ 52.25, £ 28.75
(paper)
This fourth edition replaces the third one of 1966/68. Considerable revisions
have been made, particularly as regards the nervous system (almost 200
new terms) . The book now contains for the first time the internationally approved
Nomina Histologiaa and Nomina Embryologica (34 and 36 pages, respectively)
. The latter are now in Latin only, in contrast to the previously
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