Symposium reports 



112. 



L.O.BOREUS, ed. 1973. FETAL PHARMACOLOGY 



Raven, New York. XVIII, 487 pp., 121 figs., 45 tabs., subject in- 

 dex. $ 21.50 



This book is the report of a Symposium held in Stockholm in 

 December, 1971. It was attended by an international group of 

 specialists in which North Americans and Scandinavians predomi- 

 nated. The book is not only of interest to physicians but partly 

 also to mammalian embryologists (more than is apparent from the 

 session headings listed below). Most of the 29 papers contain 

 review material and original research data in varying propor- 

 tions. The majority range in length from ca. 10 to 25 pages; 

 there is one paper of 72 pages on cholinergic function in the 

 developing fetus. 



The range of subjects covered is very broad. Apart from the 

 closing session, which contains a brief report of a discussion 

 on some biochemical and pharmacological aspects of the develop- 

 ing embryo, the main papers are grouped into five sessions as 

 follows: Drug distribution (8 papers); Drugs and autonomic func- 

 tion (9); Drug metabolism (6); Drugs and the blastocyst (2); and 

 a session containing a paper on the theory of fetal drug equilib- 

 ration and one on the contributions of teratology to fetal phar- 

 macology. 



113. 



CIBA - Symposium. 1972. ONTOGENY OF ACQUIRED IMMUNITY 

 Elsevier - Excerpta Medica - North Holland, Amsterdam, etc. 

 X,283 pp., 41 figs., 43 tabs., index to contributors, subject 

 index. D.fl.35.00, $ 12.75 



The CIBA Symposium volumes hardly need recommendation any 

 more. The present Symposium was held in November 1971. Among the 

 14 papers five are of predominantly clinical significance. Of 

 particular value are the extensive discussions, complete with 

 references. They are characterized by a lively exchange of in- 

 formation between laboratory workers and clinicians. 



Among the more biologically oriented papers we want to single 

 out the following as being of general interest to our readers: 

 Owen on the development of lymphocyte populations; Adinolfi on 

 the ontogeny of complement and lysozyme; Stites et al. on the 

 development of cellular immune competence in man; and Beer and 

 Billingham on the uterus as a graft site and the foetus as a 

 natural homograf t . The remaining papers in this group are either 

 more theoretical or more specialized in nature, but all will be 

 of great interest to the specialists in this field. 



The Symposia are now produced by another publisher, on much 

 better paper and with a sturdy cover. This has entailed some 

 price increase, but the price is still very reasonable. The in- 

 dexes refer not only to the papers but also to the discussions. 



114. 



R.S.COMLINE, K.W.CROSS, G.S.DAWES, and P. W. NATHANIELSZ , eds . 



1973. FOETAL AND NEONATAL PHYSIOLOGY 



Cambridge Univ. Press, London, etc. XXIV, 64l pp., 253 figs., 17 



pis., 76 tabs. £ 11.60, $ 32.50 



This volume contains the papers read at a three-day Symposium 

 held in Cambridge, England in July 1972. Of the 66 contributions, 

 the great majority are by American and English workers (49), five 



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