35. 



F.BECK, D.B.MOFFAT and J.B.LLOYD. 1973. HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY AND 



GENETICS 



Blackwell, Oxford, etc. VI, 313 pp., 182 figs., 14 tabs., subject 



index. £ 4.25 



This textbook for undergraduates is a successful attempt to 

 integrate into one whole a variety of material that is not usu- 

 ally found in more traditional books. The "unusual" material re- 

 lates to cell reproduction, chromosome function, and molecular 

 biology (an excellent outline) and includes an outline of gene- 

 tics, polygenic inheritance, and even some population genetics. 

 These together make up part 1 (92 pp.). 



Part 2 (6l pp.) deals with the uterine cycle, the control of 

 reproductive rhythm, fertilization, early development, and im- 

 plantation. It is concluded by a brief chapter on interacting 

 systems in development. In part 3 (134 pp.) organogenesis 

 proper is treated. The most common errors of development are 

 briefly reviewed for each organ system. Two final chapters deal 

 with postnatal development and with the interaction of heredity, 

 and environment in normal and abnormal development and twinning. 

 Throughout the book the relevance of developmental biology for 

 the study of medicine is stressed. 



The book is illustrated with simple but very adequate line 

 drawings. It has a brief but useful classified bibliography 

 which includes a list of books for further reading. 



36. 



W.J.HAMILTON and H.W.MOSSMAN. 1972. HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY, prenatal 



development of form and function. 4th edit. 



Heffer, Cambridge; Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. XII, 646 pp., 



585 figs., 8 tabs., subject index. £ 10. 50 



It is ten years since the third edition of this justly famous 

 book appeared (although it was reprinted with revisions in 1966) 

 For the present edition the whole text has been extensively re- 

 vised, and more attention is devoted to functional aspects 

 throughout. There is a new chapter on the physiology of the 

 placenta. The chapter on the cardio-vascular system has been 

 recast, and that on the urogenital system extensively modified. 



More than 60 new photomicrographs and more than 30 new 

 drawings have been added, and many of the older illustrations 

 have been enlarged and relabelled. A new feature is the inclu- 

 sion of brief surveys of early development and organogenesis in 

 tabular form against ovulation age and embryo size, appended to 

 most chapters. 



The book is produced in the usual excellent fashion. 



37. 



B.P.KHVATOV and Yu.N. SHAPOVALOV. 1970. EARLY EMBRYOLOGY - Atlas 



(instructive-methodical textbook) (in Russian) 



Min. of Publ. Health SSSR, Crimian State Med. Inst., Simferopol. 



107 pp., 183 figs. 



Essentially a photographic atlas of early mammalian develop- 

 ment including gametogenesis and fertilization; 5 laboratory and 

 6 domestic mammals, monkeys, and man; brief text. 



200 



