DEVELOPMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY (incl. endocrinology, ImmunoloKv etc ) 

 (see also 6 , 17 , iB, 23-25 , 28,29,32,34 ,39, 4l ,45-^9, 51^56,6o!6l!63; 



Textpooks 



68. 



W.F.WINDLE. 1971. PHYSIOLOGY OP THE FETUS, relation to brain 



damage in the perinatal period 



Thomas, Springfield. XII, l60 pp., 60 figs., 15 tabs., sublect 



index. $ 10.50 ' "^ 



Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Placenta; 3. Endocrine functions- 

 4. Growth and metabolism; 5. Blood; 6. Heart; 7. Circulation- ' 

 8. Central nervous system; 9. Peripheral nervous system; 10.' 

 Lungs and respiration; 11. Digestive system; 12. Excretory 

 system; 13. Labor and birth; l4. Asphyxia neonatorum; 15 Men- 

 tal retardation 



This introductory textbook is intended primarily for medical 

 students approaching their clinical years. It aims at bridging 

 the "informative gap" between preclinical embryology courses and 

 clinical studies. Conditions that can jeopardize the well-being 

 of the offspring, and especially those that cause Drain damage, 

 receive particular attention. 



The book is authoritative and very readable. Apart from the 

 introduction, it has l4 brief chapters, the titles of which 

 speak for themselves; chapters 8, 10, and l4 are the longest. 

 All chapters have short selected reference lists, mostly of key 

 references . 



The book is well produced and well illustrated. A special fea- 

 ture is a chronological bibliography of books, review articles, 

 and conference reports starting in I885. 



Monographs 



69. 



G.GOTTLIEB. 1971. DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIES IDENTIFICATION IN 

 BIRDS, an inquiry into the prenatal determinants of perception 

 Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, etc. XII, 176 pp., 15 figs., 39 

 tabs., combined author and subject index. $ 7.50, £ 3.40 



The author of this monograph made the interesting discovery 

 that duck embryos become selectively responsive to the species- 

 specific maternal call as early as five days before hatching. In 

 this book he presents a summary of his investigations of the 

 last ten years placed against a oroader theoretical background. 



The first part of the Dook deals with the species-specific au- 

 ditory and visual responses of domestic ducklings just after 

 hatching. In the second part the enquiry is extended to pre- 

 hatching stages. It centres on the question whether normally oc- 

 curring sensory stimulation is essential to the normal develop- 

 ment of species-specific perception. The discussion is oased on 

 careful and ingenious in-ovo stimulation, deprivation, and re- 

 cording experiments. 



The book is well produced and is illustrated with good photo- 

 graphs of experimental apparatus and procedures. 



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