technique of reproducing the figures in colour leaves much to be desired. 



Unfortunately not many scientists, and certainly not many students, outside 

 Italy will be able to profit by this standard work, because of lack of knowledge 

 of the Italian language. This book, which covers such a wide field of literature, 

 should be translated into another congress language in order to make it acces- 

 sible to a much wider group of readers. ^ ^ NIEUWKOOP 



"THE ANATOMY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



its Development and Function" 



9^^ edition. 1953 



by S. W. Ranson. revised by S. L. Clark W ,B Saund s c 



581 pp. with 344 figs, of which 18 in colour 



Philadelphia & London 

 Price: ? 



In this textbook emphasis has been laid upon the developmental and func- 

 tional aspects of the various structures of the nervous system by showing their 

 origin and the functional relationships existing among the various parts. 



The insertion of many pathway-diagrams is found to be very instructive 

 The separate chapter with serial sections of the brain is very important. We 

 feel that the drawings are more instructive than the photographs, and would 

 recommend an extension of the former at the cost of the letter m the next 

 edition. It is further suggested that the segmental ^truc ure of the bram 

 recently studied in extenso by the Swedish school, might also be described in 



the first chapter. , . i i • ^c ^u,e 



The laboratory outline for neuroanatomy forms a practical conclusion of this 

 w^ork. The good organization of the text and the excellent i lustrations make 

 this well printed textbook a very valuable guide for medical students in the 

 extensive and complicated field of neuroanatomy. ^ ^ NIEUWKOOP 



"LEHRBUCH UND ATLAS DER ANATOMIE DES MENSCHEN" 

 19'*' revised edition, 1954/55 

 by Fr. Kopsch J" two volumes 



resp. 736 and 768 pp. with 731 and Georg Thieme Verla9. Stuttgart 



782 figs, partly in colour Pnce: each volume 64.50 D.M. 



This very extensive work deals essentially with the topographical ana- 

 tomy of the human body: functional aspects have only been mcluded in 

 the chapters on joints and muscles and to some extent in other ch^P^ers- In 

 thfs edition a part of the illustrations has been renewed, and a part has been 



enlarged to a proper size. uv.f^Ur,^7 anM 



The work begins with some general chapters on cytology, histology and 

 general features"of the body, after which the various organ systems are trea ed 

 systematically. In each chapter some general aspects are discussed before the 

 s^st matic description begins. The description is very detailed -d- richly 

 illustrated. A small number of figures has been very carefully selected from 

 o her works, but the great majority of the illustrations are or^gmal drawmgs 

 or photograohs of original preparations. The preparations -^^^/^^^f^J^^ 

 made, and the drawings and photographs are so well reproduced, that they 



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