MITSKEVICH, M. S., 1959 — "Glands of internal secretion in the embryonic 

 development of birds and mammals" 



NOWINSKI, W. W. (editor), 1960 — "Fundamental aspects of normal and 

 malignant growth" 



PARKES, A. S. (editor), 1960 — "Marshall's physiology of reproduction" 

 (3rd edition, Vol. I, part I and II) 



PICKEN, L., 1960 — "The organization of cells and other organisms" 



RAVEN, Chr. P., 1961 — "Oogenesis; The storage of developmental in- 

 formation" 



SALISBURY, G. W. and N. L. VANDEM ARK, 1961 — "Physiology of 

 reproduction and artificial insemination of cattle" 



SHETTLES, L. B., 1960 — "Ovum humanum; Wachstum, Reifung, Ernah- 

 rung, Befruchtung und friihe Entwicklung" 



TARTAR, V., 1961 — "The biology of Stentor" 



WALKER, P. M. B. (editor), 1960 — "New approaches in cell biology" 



WILLMER, E. N. ( 1960 — "Cytology and evolution" 



WIRTSCHAFTER, Z. T.. 1960 — "The genesis of the mouse skeleton: A 

 laboratory atlas" 



Symposium report, 1960 — "Symposium on mammalian genetics and repro- 

 duction" 



"ESSENTIALS OF HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY" 



1960 

 by F. D. Allan Oxford Univ. Press 



225 pp., 120 figs. New York 



Price: 40 s. 



This textbook has been written exclusively for the use of medical students. 

 It reflects the need for a synoptic text, created by the continuous expansion 

 of the medical curriculum. The book contains what may probably by called 

 the absolute minimum of factual material, presented in a very condensed style. 

 It is obvious that many generalizations had to be made, and that discussions 

 of most controversial issues had to be avoided. 



The book should be supplemented by practical anatomy courses, particularly 

 microscopic ones. Only the basic pattern of organ development is given, and 

 histogenesis is similarly treated only very basically. 



There is a final chapter dealing with teratology. The list of general referen- 

 ces is very limited, and consists only of books. The book is concluded by an 

 alphabetical index. 



All illustrations are line-drawings, mostly executed by the author himself. Most of them are 

 quite good, but those illustrating the earliest stages of development are often highly diagram- 

 matical (no doubt on purpose), and in some instances lack sufficient clarity. Several of the 

 pointers cannot be traced to the structures they are meant to indicate. 



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