a chapter by Hudgson and Field.) 



The book is very well produced and beautifully illustrated. 



74. 



H.C.SLAVKIN and L.A.BAVETTA, eds. 1972. DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF 



ORAL BIOLOGY 



Academic Press, New York, etc. XVI, 426 pp., 198 figs., 20 tabs., 



author and subject indexes. $ 26.00 



This multi-author treatise is of much wider interest than to 

 members of the dental profession alone. The reason is threefold: 

 first, oral biology is placed against a broad biological back- 

 ground; second, the chapters are not didactic reviews, but re- 

 flect judicious "pruning" so that they remain readable and en- 

 joyable for the non-specialist; and, third, the authors have 

 been urged to outline the broad biological issues involved and 

 to point out critical unsolved questions. 



Of the 21 contributors the majority are North-American, with 

 two from England and one from Belgium. Most of them work in the 

 research departments of dental schools. Throughout the book the 

 discussion considers all levels of organization, from the orga- 

 nismal down to the molecular. 



The broad scope of the book is reflected in the variety of 

 subjects considered. Of the 18 chapters seven deal with tooth 

 and periodontium, and five with other oral tissues and organs 

 (neural crest, cephalic mesoderm, palate, taste bud, gingiva, 

 salivary gland). Four chapters discuss general problems (nutri- 

 tional aspects of embryogenesis , molecular developmental biolo- 

 gy, immuno-embryology , collagen biochemistry), while two others 

 deal with normal and malignant lymphoid cells, and with the re- 

 lation between epithelial carcinogenesis and the possible role 

 of the mesenchyme. Most chapters range in length from about 15 

 to 30 pages; all have up-to-date bibliographies. 



The book is exceedingly well produced and profusely and su- 

 perbly illustrated. 



Monographs 



75. 



G.ALTNER. 1971. HISTOLOGISCHE UND VERGLEICHEND-ANATOMISCHE 

 UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZUR ONTOGENIE UND PHYLOGENIE DES HANDSKELETTS 

 VON TUPAIA GLIS (DIARD 1820) UND MICROCEBUS MURINUS (J.F.MILLER 



1777) 



Karger, Basel, etc. Folia Primatologica Vol.l4, suppl. VI, 106 



pp., 24 figs., 3 tabs. S . f r . 29.00, $ 8.15, £ 3.05, DM 29.00 



(paper) 



Thorough study of the embryonic development and adult anatomy 

 of the skeleton of the carpal-metacarpal region; material sup- 

 plemented by hands of selected insectivores , rodents and pri- 

 mates; photographs, micrographs, reconstructions and drawings; 

 extensive discussion defines "spread hand" and "prehensile hand" 

 and considers ethology, phylogeny, and taxonomy. 



76, . 



R.CIHAK. 1972. ONTOGENESIS OF THE SKELETON AND INTRINSIC MUSCLES 



OF THE HUMAN HAND AND FOOT 



Springer, Berlin, etc. Ergebn. Anat . Entw.gesch. Bd.46, H.5. 



194 pp., 122 figs., 2 tabs., subject index. DM 90.00 



Summary of original work of about a decade, based on 373 series 

 of hands and feet of closely-spaced embryonic stages of 10 to 100 



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