The only non-American authors represented are Guyenot (a brief paper of 1926 in 

 French), Polezhayev, and Faber. There are two papers prior to 1940, and three prior to 

 1950, while the rest range in publication date from 1956 to 1970. 



The papers are arranged in four groups as follows: Origin and fate of blastemal cells 

 (8 papers); Outgrowth and differentiation of the blastema (8); Systemic factors in 

 regeneration (10, with emphasis on the role of the nervous system); Mammalian regenera- 

 tion (3). There is a four-page introduction by the editors, with separate references, while 

 1 —3 pages of useful editors' comments precede each group of papers. 



The papers are on the whole well reproduced. The photographs have inevitably lost 

 some detail in reproduction, though actually very little. The author citation index is a 

 useful feature; the subject index is somewhat limited. The book's price is unfortunately 

 prohibitive for students, to whom it would obviously be of most value. 



ORGANOGENESIS, HISTOGENESIS (incl. tissue and organ culture, histochemistry) (see 



also 2,6,25,39,60,65,67,68,77,78,82) 



Treatises 



41. 



W.HIMWICH, ed. 1973. BIOCHEMISTRY OF THE DEVELOPING BRAIN, Vol. 1 



Dekker, New York. XVI, 388 pp., 58 figs., 53 tabs., subject and author indexes. $ 24.50 



Contributors: Agrawal, Balazs, Berl, Davis, Davison, Haber, H. E. Himwich, W. A. 

 Himwich, Kuriyama, Levi, Richter 



As far as we are aware this is the first systematic treatise on this subject. It was written 

 by an international team of authors, most of them American and British. The coverage is 

 not restricted to man and laboratory mammals but also includes domestic mammals and 

 other vertebrates. 



The seven chapters in vol. 1 deal successively with the following subjects: historical 

 survey, amino acids and proteins, GABA system, myelination, amino acid transport, 

 metabolic compartmentation, and hormonal effects on maturation. Vol. 2 will discuss 

 such subjects as growth and DNA content, carbohydrates, metabolism in vitro, enzymes, 

 cellular growth, and the influence of hypoxia and hypokinesia. 



The book is produced in offset print and has many graphs and tables and a few 

 photographs. There is a bibliography of over 600 titles; the most recent literature is from 

 1971, with a few titles of 1972. 



Textbooks 



42. 



N.K.WESSELLS. 1973. TISSUE INTERACTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT 



Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass. Addison-Wesley Module in Biology No. 9. 43 pp., 22 figs. 



The treatment of the subject matter in this module, though of course selective, is up to 

 date, broad-ranging, thoughtful, and didactically clear. The major sections are as follows: 

 A conceptual framework of development (restrictive and expressive phases); Types of 

 tissue interaction (reference to organogenesis, morphogenesis, cell differentiation, and 

 hormonal interactions); Nerves and tissue interactions; Inhibitory interactions; Cell sur- 

 faces and development (including cell coupling and positional information). Clear line 

 drawings support the text. 



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