Textbooks 



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K. L. MOORE. 1974. BEFORE WE ARE BORN; basic embryology and birth defects 



Saunders, Philadelphia, etc. XII,245 pp., 228 figs., subject index. $ 7.00 (paper) 



This book is meant primarily for students in the paramedical and health sciences, but 

 can also be useful to medical and dental students. It is very similar to the author's 

 previous book "The developing human", which was favourably reviewed in Gen. Em- 

 bryol. Inf. Serv. 15, 2, 1974 (p. 175). The basic organization is virtually the same, but it 

 is one third shorter. There is no additional material in small print, and the number of 

 references has been considerably reduced. 



The excellent illustrations are a selection from those used for the earlier book. A few 

 new figures were made specially for this book. Layout and printing are excellent. 



39. 



K. L. MOORE. 1974. L'ETRE HUMAIN EN DEVELOPPEMENT; embryologie orientee 



vers la clinique; translated from the English by A. J. Collet 



Edisem, St-Hyacinthe, Canada; Vigot, Paris. XIV,374 pp., 352 figs., 9 tabs., subject index. 



Can. $ 21.00 (paper) 



This is the translation of a book published in English in 1973 and favourably reviewed 

 in Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. 15, 2, 1974 (p. 175). The book successfully bridges the gap 

 between embryology and adult anatomy, histology, pathology, obstetrics, paediatrics, 

 and surgery. It is characterized by outstanding illustrations. 



The translation, by a Canadian anatomist, closely follows the English text also with 

 respect to terminology, but wherever necessary the more current French terms have been 

 added, marked with an asterisk. The type and format of the book are exactly the same as 

 those of the original. The same holds for the illustrations, which are reproduced with the 

 same care, except perhaps some of the photographs. Notwithstanding the paper cover, the 

 book is considerably more expensive than the English version. 



40. 



G. H. SCHUMACHER. 1974. EMBRYONALE ENTWICKLUNG DES MENSCHEN 



Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin (DDR). 178 pp., 85 figs., subject index. M 5.75 (paper) 



This concise text is suitable for students of medicine and biology, but is also meant for 

 the educated layman. Simple style and good illustrations are its main features. Its 

 organization is conventional but clear. The main developmental anomalies are briefly 

 described. A brief concluding chapter provides a survey of human teratogenesis. 



Most of the illustrations are original and all are very clear and well labelled. There is a 

 list of a dozen books for further reading, most of them issued in East Germany. 



41. 



H. TUCHMANN-DUPLESSIS, M. AUROUX, and P. HAEGEL. 1974. ILLUSTRATED 



HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY. Vol. Ill Nervous system and endocrine glands, translated by 



L. S. Hurley 



Springer, New York; Chapman & Hall, London; Masson, Paris. IX, 143 pp., 260 figs., 



subject index. $ 9.80, DM 24.10 (paper) 



This is vol. Ill of an originally French textbook, the first two volumes of which were 

 reviewed in Gen. Hmbryol. Inf. Serv. vol.15, part 1, 1973, p. 201-202. The most 

 interesting feature of the series is its excellent diagrammatic, multi-coloured illustrations 

 combined with good photographs and micrographs. In this volume the development of 



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