Each chapter ends with a comprehensive summary and a short list of 

 suggested reading. The book is concluded by an anatomical glosary and an 

 alphabetical index. 



"REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 



Comparative Reproductive Physiology 

 of Domestic Animals, Laboratory Animals and Man" 



1958 

 by A. V. Nalbandov W. H. Freeman and Company 



271 pp., 38 figs., 56 tbs. San Francisco 



Price: $6.75 



The present book follows the comparative approach. It has grown from a 

 lecture course given to students of various different disciplines, and is ap- 

 parently meant for the use of graduate students. It is based on data of birds 

 and mammals, including man. 



It seems of no use to enumerate the various chapters. It may be sufficient 

 to state the following. The histology, embryology and anatomy of the repro- 

 ductive systems are treated concisely. The main stress in the work is on the 

 role of the endocrine glands and the mode of action of hormones. Short 

 chapters are devoted to the germ cells and to fertilization (12 pages), to early 

 developmental stages and processes (12 pages), and to ovulation and fertilizat- 

 ion rates and embryonic mortality (13 pages). A concluding chapter discusses 

 fertility and sterility. 



The number of references given is restricted, and so is the number of 

 illustrations. There is a good subject index. 



"AN OUTLINE OF DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY" 

 2nd revised edition, 1959 

 by Chr. P. Raven Pergamon Press 



224 pp., 64 figs., 10 pis. London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles 



Price: 25 s. 



This book has already become widely known since its first English edition 

 appeared in 1954. It was originally written for non-biologists, but has also 

 proved to be of value for undergraduate biology students, because of its didactic 

 qualities. 



The second English edition has been enlarged by the incorporation of new 

 results. The list of references has been extended by several important recent 

 papers. 



"LA FONCTION SPERMATOGENETIQUE DU TESTICULE 



HUMAIN" 

 1958 

 Colloquium organized by Masson et Cie 



H. Bayle, C. Gouygou and G. Guillon Paris 



416 pp., 137 figs., 6 pis. 



This book is a collection of the papers given at a colloquium held in Paris 

 in 1958. For the embryologist mainly the first ten papers (143 pages) are of 



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