normal developing avian brain, and with the relations of these factors wij;h 

 behavioral development. These papers are by a group of people working 

 permanently or temporarily at the Central Institute for Brain Research in 

 Amsterdam. 



The book is well- illustrated and is concluded by author and subject indexes. 



34 THE FOETUS AND THE NEW-BORN: 



RECENT RESEARCH 



1966 



Editors: K. W. Cross and G. S. Dawes The British Council 

 British Medical Bulletin, vol. 22, nr. 1 London 



102 pp., 44 figs., 3 pis., 10 tbs. Price: £ 1.10.0; $ 5.— 

 (paper-bound) 



Contributors: Aheme (Oxford), Alexander (London), Biscoe (Canberra), Britton (London), 

 Buller (Bristol), Comline (Cambridge), Cross (London), Davison (London), Dawes (Oxford), 

 Dawkins (London), Dobbing (London). Dunnill (Oxford), Hull (Oxford), McCance (Cam- 

 bridge), Miller (London), Mott (Oxford), Mount (Cambridge), Neligan (Newcastle), Nixon 

 (London,), Purves (Cambridge), Reynolds (London), Robinson (London), Scopes (New York, 

 N.Y.), Shelley (Oxford), Silver (Cambridge), Strang (London), Tizard (London), Wigglesworth 

 (London), Young (London) 



This issue of the British Medical Bulletin will be mainly of interest to members 

 of the medical profession. It contains 19 papers on various aspects of foetal and 

 neonatal physiology in mammals, all written by British investigators. It may 

 suffice here to list the principal organ systems and organs to which attention is 

 devoted: placenta (morphometry), adrenal medulla, liver, brain and central 

 nervous system, neuromuscular system, chemoreceptors, circulation and cardio- 

 vascular function, lung, and brown adipose tissue. Other papers deal with 

 maintenance of the isolated foetus, foetal growth retardation, development of 

 immunity, hypoglycaemia, and heat regulation. 



The issue is adequately illustrated. It has no indexes. 



35 GROWTH REGULATING SUBSTANCES 



FOR ANIMAL CELLS IN CULTURE 

 1967 



Editors: V. Defendi and M. Stoker The Wistar Institute Press 

 The Wistar Institute Symposium Philadelphia 



Monograph No. 7 Price: $ 5. — 



125 pp., 57 figs.. 8 tbs. 

 (paper-bound) 



Contributors: Burk (Glasgow), Eagle (New York, N.Y.), Freed (Philadelphia, Pa.). Otsuka 

 (Woods Hole, Mass.), Rubin (Berkeley, Calif.). Sorof (Philadelphia, Pa.), Temin (Madison, 

 Wis.), Todaro (New York. N.Y.), Virolainen (Philadelphia, Pa.) 



This is the report of a one-day Symposium held at the Wistar Institute, 

 Philadelphia, in March 1967. The far greater majority of the 54 participants 

 came from the U.S.A. The report contains the eight papers presented and the 

 discussions following them. 



The theme of the Symposium is sufficiently clear from the title. Owing to the 



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