116. 



J. DANCIS and J.C.HWANG, eds. 1974. PERINATAL PHARMACOLOGY: Problems 



and priorities 



Raven, New York. X1L228 pp., 57 figs., 39 tabs., subject index. $ 19.75 



This ail-American conference was held in Bethesda, Md. in April, 1973. Despite its 

 "clinical" title, the book contains recent information that may be of great value to 

 embryologists. This is to be found in roughly the first half of the book, that is, in the 

 sections entitled Differentiation, Drug effects in tissue and organ culture, and The 

 placenta (10 papers in all). The second half of the book is more clinically oriented. The 

 emphasis, however, is on fundamental mechanisms. 



All contributors are distinguished specialists. Each paper is a concentrated review of 

 recent research. The organs that receive most attention are the central nervous system 

 (Timiras, Vernadakis), the hver (Greengard, Nebert, Hahn), and the intestinal epithelium 

 (Balis). The two papers on the placenta of most interest to our readers are by Juchau and 

 Dancis. Each paper is followed by a group discussion. 



The book is very well produced. 



117. 



M. G. FOREST and J. BERTRAND, eds. 1974. ENDOCRINOLOGIE SEXUELLE DE LA 



PERIODE PERINATALE (Sexual endocrinology of the perinatal period) 



INSERM (Inst. Natl, de la Sante et de la Rech. Med.), Paris. INSERM Colloques et 



seminaires vol. 32.424 pp., 130 figs., 53 tabs. F.fr. 50.00, $ 12.00 (paper) 



This international symposium took place in Lyon in May, 1974. Its participants were 

 specialists from various Western European countries and from North America and Israel. 

 The papers are in French or English but all have summaries in the other language. 



Almost all of the 15 papers in the first two sections are of interest to mammalian 

 embryologists. Section I deals with endocrine functional morphology, section II with 

 biosynthesis, metabolism and regulation of sexual steroids and gonadotropins during the 

 perinatal period in various mammals including sheep and monkey. Section III is on the 

 same subject studied clinically in man, while section IV examines the postnatal conse- 

 quences of perinatal hormone changes. 



The papers are reproduced by photo-offset from typescripts. Photographical illustra- 

 tions are printed on glossy paper. 



118. 



P. LIACOPOULOS and J. PANIJEL, organizers. 1973. L'ETUDE PHYLOGENIQUE ET 



ONTOGENIQUE DE LA REPONSE IMMUNITAIRE ET SON APPORT A LA THEORIE 



IMMUNOLOGIQUE 



(Phylogenic and ontogenic study of the immune response and its contribution to the 

 immunological theory) 



INSERM (Inst. Natl, de la Sante et de la Rech. Med.), Paris. INSERM colloques et 

 seminaires vol. 13. XII,358 pp., 88 figs., 2 pis., 62 tabs. F.fr. 50.00 (paper) 



This international symposium was held in Paris in October, 1972. Of the 47 partici- 

 pants, 21 came from a variety of countries outside France. The 31 contributions are 

 mostly brief research reports. Many are of course in French, but most (though not all) of 

 these have English summaries. At least half of the papers are of interest to developmental 

 biologists. 



The papers are arranged in four sections as follows: Phylogenesis in invertebrates 

 (6 papers); Phylogenesis in lower vertebrates (10); Ontogenesis (10, in amphibians, birds, 

 and mammals); Ontogene.'^is in man (5). 



The volume was produced by photo-offset straight from the typescripts as they came 

 in. Photographic illustrations aic printed on glossy paper. 



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