and neonatal kidney (Vernier and F. G. Smith Jr.); 6. Development and plasticity of the 

 nervous system (Timiras, Vemadakis, and Sherwood); 7. Development of fetal and neonatal 

 immunological function (R. T. Smith); 8. Bilirubin metabolism in the developing liver 

 (A. K. Brown) 



This is a collaborative treatise to which 25 authors have contributed. 

 Vol. I is subtitled "The Maternal Organism", and Vol. II "The Fetus and 

 Neonate"; both consist of 8 chapters, ranging in length from about 20 to 

 about 100 pages. Two authors are British, the others American; most of the 

 authors are active investigators at Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaeco- 

 logy, Pediatrics, or Anatomy. The work is conceived for students and 

 research workers in reproduction and in obstetrics and pediatrics on the one 

 hand, and for chnicians in obstetrics and pediatrics on the other. Its aim is 

 to establish a set of normal standards and values for mother, fetus, and 

 newborn. The space available to the authors has enabled them to treat their 

 subjects in depth and on a broad fundamental basis rather than from the 

 limited specialist viewpoint. 



The various chapters will not be reviewed. The reader is referred to the 

 tables of contents above. 



The books are well produced and well illustrated. Each chapter has its 

 own bibliography; some of these are up to date until 1966, others even until 

 1967. Both volumes are concluded by author and subject indexes. 



41 CELLULAR ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENTAL PATHOLOGY 



1967 

 By R. P. Bolande Lea & Febiger 



374 pp., 125 figs. Philadelphia 



Price: $ 16.50 



This book was written primarily for medical students, pathologists, and 

 pediatricians. Adequate knowledge of general and special pathology is 

 assumed. The book is not intended as a reference work on pediatric patho- 

 logy; the treatment is selective rather than comprehensive, and the emphasis 

 is on cellular, subcellular, and tissue morphology. An attempt was made to 

 weave into the structure of the book many of the new concepts from 

 developmental biology; in this respect, however, the book is disappointing, 

 and one feels that the author would have done better to seek the advice 

 or help of a specialist in developmental biology. 



The book is well organized. It starts with a chapter on the general nature 

 of developing cells, tissues and organs, followed by a chapter on general 

 reactions to injury. Then follows a chapter on neoplasia. The remaining 

 chapters deal successively with genetic diseases of cells, metabolic, nutritional, 

 and chemical injuries, infectious injury, and immune injury and allergic 

 reactions. 



The book is illustrated with a large number of good photographs, many 

 of which are original. Their reproduction is rather "gray", and there is 

 sometimes considerable loss of cellular detail. Each chapter has its own 

 extensive bibliography. The book is well printed and is concluded by a 

 detailed subject index. 



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