the present volume is to make use of the normal basic data to 

 explain the underlying mechanisms of the most important disor- 

 ders of maternal-fetal-placental-amniotic fluid interrelation- 

 ships. Much attention is devoted to methodological aspects, to 

 the proper use of diagnostic tests, and to clinical applications. 

 All chapters have extensive and up-to-date bibliographies. 



The first two chapters are the longest (about 80 pp. and ca. 

 400 references each). The other chapters range in length from 

 50 to 60 pages, and have from ca. 100 to over 200 references 

 each. All chapters are clearly organized and subdivided into 

 surveyable subsections. 



The book is well produced and illustrated. It is not clear why 

 one of the bibliographies deviates from the usage of alphabet- 

 ical order. 



Monographs 



57. 



F.K.BARTSCH. 1972. FETALE ERYTHROZYTEN IM MUTTERLICHEN BLUT UND 



IMMUNPROPHYLAXE DER RH-IMMUNISIERUNG , klinische und experimen- 



telle Studie 



Scand. Assoc, of Obstet. and Gynecol., Stockholm. Acta Obstet. 



Gynecol. Scand. suppl.20. 128 pp., 17 figs., 44 tabs. English 



summary (4 pp . ) 



Contents: I. 1. The demonstration of foetal erythrocytes on 

 blood films; I. 2. Foetal cell count on films of maternal 

 blood after elution of haemoglobin A; II. 1. The transplacen- 

 tal passage of foetal cells; II. 2. Foetal erythrocytes in 

 the maternal blood during pregnancy; II. 3. Foetal erythro- 

 cytes in the blood of Rh-negative mothers post partum; II. 4. 

 Individual variations of the occurrence of Hb F-cells in the 

 blood of Rh-negative mothers during pregnancy and delivery; 

 II. 5. Foetal erythrocytes in the blood of Rh-negative mothers 

 in complicated pregnancy and delivery; III. Foetal erythro- 

 cytes in the maternal blood in abortion and amniocentesis; IV. 

 Prevention of Rh-immunization; 314 references. 



58. 



B.E.HAGSTROM and S.LONNING. 1973. THE SEA URCHIN EGG AS A 



TESTING OBJECT IN TOXICOLOGY 



Munksgaard, Copenhagen. Acta Pharmacol, et Toxicol. Vol.32, 



suppl.l. 49 pp. , 30 figs. 



Study of the effects of chloramphenicol, nicotine, chlorproma- 

 zine, imipramine and thalidomide on fertilization, cleavage, cy- 

 tology, and morphogenesis in Paracentrotus and Psammechinus ; il- 

 lustrated with photographs and electron micrographs. 



59. 



D.TARIN, ed. 1972. TISSUE INTERACTIONS IN CARCINOGENESIS 

 Academic Press, London, etc. XVIII, 483 pp., 183 figs., 26 tabs., 

 author and subject indexes. £ 8.80 



Contributors: Cowell, Dawe, Frithiof, Kratochwil, Mazzucco, 

 Orr, Pinkus, Saxen, Smith, Spencer, Strauch, Sturdee, Sugar, 

 Tarin 



Inasmuch as neoplastic cells exhibit an altered differentiated 

 state, carcinogenesis presents problems which are of general in- 

 terest to developmental biologists. This book concentrates on a 

 rather neglected field of enquiry: the characteristic features 



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