"CELL, ORGANISM AND MILIEU" 

 1959 

 Edited by Dorothea Rudnick The Ronald Press Co. 



(17th Growth Symposium, 1958) New York 



326 pp., 104 figs. Price: $ 8.00 



This volume contains the papers delivered at a Symposium held in 1958 in 

 South Hadley, Mass. Nine out of the twelve authors are scientists from the 

 U.S.A. 



The subjects of the various papers are only loosely related. Among the sub- 

 jects discussed are differentiation and biochemical environment, enzyme adap- 

 tation in development, chemistry and physiology of insect growth hormones, 

 experimental modification of root development, control of growth and differ- 

 entiation by carbon dioxyde, and psychiology and biochemistry of the mam- 

 malian blastocyst. 



The neatly printed book is concluded by an alphabetical index. 



"REGENERACIJA I SOMATIcESKIJ EMBRIOGENEZ" 



(Regeneration and somatic embryogenesis) 

 1959 

 by B. P. Tokin Published by the 



267 pp., 83 figs. University of Leningrad 



In the present monograph the phenomena of regeneration and somatic em- 

 bryogenesis (i.e. development from cells other than gametes) in plants and 

 animals are compared, and discussed against the background of what is known 

 about "sexual" embryogenesis (development from gametes). 



Special attention is paid to such problems as: integration of the organism, 

 determination of cells, regulation, organization, evolution and ontogenesis of 

 regenerative capacities, behaviour of cells and tissues during regeneration, and 

 the relations between regeneration and tumor growth. 



In the bibliography the Russian titles occupy six of the nine pages. 



"ENTWICKLUNGSGESCHICHTE UND FEHLBILDUNGEN 

 DER WIRBELSAULE" 



1958 

 by G. Tondury Hippokrates-Verlag 



(Die Wirbelsaule in Forschung Stuttgart 



und Praxis, Band 7) 

 196 pp., 173 figs. 



This extremely thorough monograph will primarily be of interest to human 

 anatomists and medical practitioners. It starts with an extensive account of 

 the normal development of the vertebral column in man. Then follows a short 

 chapter summarizing the data on the developmental physiology of the 

 vertebral column in non-mammalian vertebrates, resulting from direct surgical 

 intervention. This chapter is followed by a chapter on abnormalities of the 

 spinal column in mammals, produced by indirect methods, such as irradiation, 

 reduction of oxygen supply and various genetical factors. The concluding 

 chapter discusses the abnormalities of the spinal column in man. 



The quality of the numerous illustrations, mostly photographs, is above all 

 criticism, and so is the printing of the book. It is rounded off by a bibliography 

 and a subject index. 



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