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announced in two earlier issues of this journal (eighth full issue, 1959. p. 239, 

 and ninth full issue, 1961, p. 277). 



Vol. II covers „Cells and their component parts". The emphasis in this 

 volume is on recent progress in such fields as biochemistry, cytochemistry, 

 radio-isotope studies, and electron microscopy, in short, on the molecular 

 aspects of cell biology. The volume contains 1 1 chapters. 



Vol. V continues where vol. IV left off. It discusses gland cells, kidney 

 cells, blood cells, bone and cartilage, skin and pigment cells, and finally anti- 

 body formation, and the morphology, biochemistry, and physiology of cancer 

 cells. 



Now that this really monumental treatise has been completed, we wish to 

 congratulate the editors, the contributors, and the publishers on the magni- 

 ficant result of their joint efforts. 



20. "VERTEBRATE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES" 



2nd edition, 1961 

 by W. S. Bullough Methuen & Cy. Ltd. 



(Methuen's Monographs on London 



Biological Subjects) Price: 12 s. 6 d. 



123 pp., 12 figs. 



The first edition of this book was published in 1951 under the title "Verte- 

 brate sexual cycles". The original text has been revised, and an appendix 

 has been added that serves as an introduction to the more modern literature 

 (up to 1959). The bibliography has been extended with some 20 new titles. 

 The table of contents has undergone no change. 



21. "GRUNDRISS DER PATHOLOGISCHEN EMBRYOLOGIE 



DES MENSCHEN" 

 1962 

 by A. Dyban VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag 



260 pp., 83 figs., 1 1 tbs. Jena 



This monograph is a translation from Russian. The author concentrates 

 on the factors leading to pathological intra-uterine development, in particular 

 during the first half of gestation. He does not give the anatomy of the mal- 

 formations, since these are already sufficiently known from other sources. In 

 7 chapters an extensive discussion is given of the so called "critical periods 

 in development, genetical and exogeneous factors leading to pathological 

 development, histophysiology and histology of abortive embryos as well as of 

 the placenta, histochemistry of the chorion and endocrine function of the 

 placenta in normal and pathological development of the embryo. 



The work is to a great extent based on investigations by the author on 452, 

 mainly abortive fetuses with fetal membranes, available in the medical insti- 

 tute in Lvov, but also a wealth of information from recent literature is in- 

 cluded. The bibliography contains 340 articles from Russian authors and 630 

 articles in other languages. The book contains many photographs and is 

 concluded by a subject index. 



