(121 pp.); V. "Regeneration, hyperplasia, and neoplasia of lymphoreticular 

 organs" (171 pp.)- 



The book is beautifully produced and illustrated, and is concluded by ex- 

 tensive author and subject indexes. The number of entries in the former can 

 be estimated at more than 7,500, each of which refers to a specific literature 

 reference. 



34 DIE ENTWICKLUNG DER MENSCHLICHEN 



GROSSHIRNHEMISPHARE 

 1969 

 by W. Kahle Springer- Verlag 



Schriftenreihe Neurologie, Band 1 Berlin - Heidelberg - New York 



116 pp., 55 figs. Price: DM 58.—; $ 14.50 



(paper-bound) 



This thorough monograph deals with the development of the human telen- 

 cephalic hemisphere from the second to the eighth month inclusive. The 

 material consisted of whole brains and serial sections, the techniques used 

 were plastic plate reconstruction, graphical reconstruction, and ventricular 

 casting. Apart from the differentiation of the outer surface, much attention 

 was also devoted to the development of the inner (ventricular) wall. The stress 

 lies on topographical changes and mass dynamics (heterochronous growth) 

 rather than on histogenesis. 



The work is beautifully illustrated and is concluded by a bibliography and 

 a subject index. 



35 FOETUS AND PLACENTA 



1969 

 Editors: A. Klopper and E. Diczfalusy Blackwell Scient. Publications 



639 pp., 123 figs., 29 tbs. Oxford - Edinburgh 



SEN 632 05140 X 

 Price: £ 6.10.0 



Contents: 1. The growth of the conceptus and its blood supply (H. G. Dixon and W. B. 

 Robertson); 2. Utero-placental pathology (W. B. Robertson and H. G. Dixon), 3. The 

 functional morphology of the placenta (K. Thomsen and H. Hiersche); 4. Three topics in 

 placental transmission (M. Young); 5. Oestrogen metabolism in pregnancy (E. Diczfalusy 

 and S. Mancuso); 6. Neutral steroids in human pregnancy: isolation, formation and meta- 

 bolism (S. Solomon and E. V. Younglai); 7. Protein hormones and hormonal peptides from 

 the placenta (S. Brody); 8. The enzymology of the placenta (D. D. Hagerman); 9. The 

 assessment of placental function in clinical practice (A. Klopper); 10. Endocrinology of the 

 foetus (M. C. MacNaughton) 



As the editors say in their preface, this book reviews a more or less arbitrary 

 selection of particularly topical subjects and has a strong endocrinological 

 bias. The original aim of a more or less complete coverage had to be aban- 

 doned. The book deals mainly with the human species. The contributors are 

 obstetricians, pathologists, and endocrinologists and biochemists working in 

 medical research institutes. Five are working in the United Kingdom, three in 

 the U.S.A. and Canada, and the remainder in various Western-European 

 countries. The book will be mainly of interest to clinicians. 



All chapters have extensive bibliographies. The book is well produced and 

 well illustrated. It has author and subject indexes. 



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