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aging. 



The discussions held at the Symposium are not recorded. The book is 

 adequately illustrated and concluded by author and subject indexes. 



The use of the word "reproduction" in the title and in the section subtitles suggests a unity which 

 is in fact absent. In particular, there is very little relation between the first two sections and the 

 last, and it might have been better to keep the third section as the subject for a separate 

 Symposium; as it is, the three rather unrelated papers of this section hardly do justice to this 

 important subject. 



18. BIOLOGY OF THE SKIN AND HAIR GROWTH 



1965 



Editors: A. G. Lyne and B. F. Short Angus 6 Robertson 



817 pp., 406 figs., 85 tbs. Sydney 



Price: £ 10.10.0. 



Contributors: Billingham, Brody, Carter, Casey, Caulfield, Chapman, Chase, Clarke, Cohen, 

 Crounse, Dolnick, Downes, Dry, Ebling, Epper, Ferguson, Fraser, Gillespie, Griem, Hamilton, 

 Hayman, Henderson, Houssay, Hutchinson, Johnson, Larsson, Lindner, Ling, Lyne, McGrath, 

 Maderson, Madgic, Malkinson, Matoltsy, Molyneux, Pazo, Pinkus. Priestley, Quay, Quevedo, 

 Rawles, Reis, Rogers, Roth, Rougeot, Rudall, Schinckel, Setchell, Short, Silvers, Slee, Straile, 

 Szabo, Thorburn, Van Scott, Waites, Wallace, Wickham, Wilgram, Wilson, Winkelmann. 



This large volume contains the 46 papers read at a Symposium held in 

 Canberra in August 1964. The purpose of the Symposium was to bring to- 

 gether active workers in different areas of skin biology from all over the 

 world. The countries best represented were Australia, the U.S.A., and 

 England. 



It is impossible to enumerate the wide range of topics treated. Every 

 specialist in the fields of skin biology and hair growth will want to possess 

 the book, which is a mine of information. Here we will restrict ourselves to 

 mentioning those papers which may be considered to be of more general 

 interest to our readers. They are the following: "Tissue interactions in the 

 morphogenesis of the feather" (M. E. Rawles, Baltimore, Md.); "The structure 

 and development of the squamate epidermis" (P. F. A. Maderson, Hong 

 Kong); "The dermal papilla" (J. Cohen, Birmingham); "Morphology of the 

 mammalian skin: embryonic development of the epidermal sub-layers" (I. 

 Brody and K. S. Larsson, Stockholm); "Chemical regulation of development 

 in the feather" (H. L. Hamilton, Charlottesvilles, Va.); "Replacement kinetics 

 of integumental epithelia" (E. J. Van Scott, Bethesda, Md.). 



The book is well-printed and well-illustrated. The numerous photographs 

 are well-reproduced. The book is concluded by author and subject indexes. 



19. TISSUE CULTURE 



1965 



Editor: C. V. Ramakrishnan Dr. W. Junk Publ. 



446 pp., 138 figs., 58 tbs. The Hague 



Price: $ 19.40 



This volume contains the report of a Symposium held at the University of 

 Baroda, India, in January 1965. The Symposium had close to 90 participants; 

 about a quarter of these came from various countries outside India. Most of the 

 papers presented are short, and most report on original research. Discussions are 

 not recorded. 



