few final remarks, mainly concerning the meaning of such notions as "life" 

 and "living". 



Literature references are given at the end of each chapter. The book further 

 contains a subject and an author index. It is illustrated mainly with photo- 

 micrographs and graphs. 



"THE CELL, 

 Biochemistry, Physiology, Morphology" 

 Vol. I, 1959 

 Editors: J. Brachet and A. E. Mirsky Academic Press 



816 pp.. 124 figs. New York and London 



Price: $22.— 



The present book is the first of three volumes. Together they will form one 

 of the increasingly common collaborative treatises, written by a large group of 

 co-authors. The number of contributors to volume I is twenty. Twelve of these 

 are from the U.S.A. 



Volume I consists of two parts. The first part deals with cytological, cyto- 

 chemical and related methods. The last of its eight chapters discusses cellular 

 autonomy and cellular interrelations as studied by "tissue culture" techniques. 

 The second part, entitled "Problems of cell biology", consists of fifteen chap- 

 ters, which are nearly all of direct interest to embryologists. Among the subjects 

 are: fertilization, sex determination, differentiation, nucleo-cytoplasmic inter- 

 actions, and the acquisition of biological specificity. 



Each author has organised his chapter in his own way. In some chapters 

 summaries are given at the end of each section; others have a general summary, 

 or a more or less theoretical concluding section. Each chapter is preceded by a 

 detailed table of contents, and followed by a list of references. Illustrations have 

 been used sparingly; some chapters are not illustrated at all. The book is 

 concluded by an author index and a very detailed subject index. 



Volumes II and III of the book will deal respectively with cell constituents, 

 mitosis, meiosis, and specialized cells. 



"CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE VISCERA, 



Their embryological basis" 

 1957 

 by J. L. Bremer Harvard Univ. Press 



202 pp., 89 figs. Cambridge, Mass. 



Price: $5.00 



This book is meant particularly for the use of pediatricians, pathologists and 

 surgeons, who in the existing text books will often search in vain for data 

 regarding the embryology of certain malformations. 



In 1 1 chapters the most commonly encountered abnormalities of the viscera 

 are discussed. The sequence is topographical rather than strictly systematical, 

 which facilitates the clinical use of the book. In each chapter the discussion of 

 developmental abnormalities grows logically from a simple, but clear descrip- 

 tion of the normal developmental events. The nervous system is not taken into 

 account. Four chapters have been allotted to the heart and the great vessels. 



Among the illustrations a large place has been given to simple diagrams. 

 Lists of references are provided for each chapter, and the book is concluded 

 by a subject index. 



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