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12. "EMBRYOLOGIE" 



2ncl edition, 1962 

 by J. Turchini G. Doin & Cie. 



(Aide-memoire d'Histologie Paris 



et d'Embryologie) Price: 5 N.F. 



88 pp., 46 figs, 

 (paper-bound) 



This little book was written for the use of medical students. It contains a 

 concise description of human development, with very brief excursions into 

 such fields as endocrinology, heredity, causal embryology, and teratology. 

 The book is illustrated with simple line drawings. There is no index and no 

 bibliography. 



13. "EXPERIMENTELLE ENTWICKLUNGSFORSCHUNG 



AN AMPHIBIEN" 

 1961 

 by E. Hadorn Springer Verlag 



(Verstandliche Wissenschaft, Band 77) Berlin- Wilmersdorf 



102 pp., 39 figs. Price: D.M. 8.80 



This new member of the well-known series "Verstandliche Wissenschaft" 

 is meant as an introduction into experimental developmental biology. For 

 practical reasons the author has restricted himself to the amphibians. The book 

 was written for non-scientists, but it would make excellent supplementary 

 reading, e.g. for medical or veterinary students with a broader biological 

 interest. It is exceedingly well written, and very nicely illustrated with clear 

 line drawnings. Moreover, it has the advantage of being short, thanks to a 

 well-balanced selection of topics. 



14. "DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE OF THE 



CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM" 

 1961 

 Editor: A. A. Luisada McGraw Hill Cy., Inc. 



246 pp., 100 figs. New York — Toronto — London 



Price: 77 s. 



The subject matter of this volume originally formed part of "Cardiology — 

 An Encyclopedia of the Cardiovascular System". Two chapters are of special 

 interest to our readers. The first is "Embryology of the heart and major ves- 

 sels" by J. G. Wilson (17 pages). This presents the development of the human 

 heart from the first beginning, as well as the most frequently encountered 

 developmental anomalies. The chapter is well-illustrated, and contains a clear 

 diagram of the hypothetical origin of pulmonary stenosis, aortic stenosis, and 

 transposition of vessels. The second chapter to be mentioned here is "The 

 fetal circulation: changes at birth" by S. R. M. Reynolds (8 pages). In this 

 chapter the stress lies on the physiological processes involved. The book is 

 concluded by a short chapter on the comparative anatomy of the heart in 

 vertebrates. 



