23 THE CELLULAR SLIME MOLDS 



(2nd revised and augmented edit.) 

 1967 

 by J. T. Bonner Princeton University Press 



215 pp., 26 figs., 8 pis., 1 tb. Princeton, NJ. 



Price: $ 7.50 



In the years since the first edition of this monograph was published (1959) 

 the number of references on the cellular slime molds has increased nearly 

 threefold. For this new edition more than half of the book has been rewritten. 

 The size of the book has increased by nearly 40%. As in the first edition, the 

 emphasis is on developmental aspects. 



A new chapter on growth of cellular slime molds has been inserted. This 

 largely confines itself to a discussion of laboratory methods. 



The number of illustrations has been increased twofold. The number of 

 photographic plates has been kept constant, but several plates have been 

 replaced by others. The original electron micrographs have been eliminated. 



The bibliography is complete and up-to-date until early in 1966. References 

 not pertaining to cellular slime molds are now given as footnotes to the text. 



24 MORPHOGENESE PATHOLOGIQUE 



Des Monstruosites aux Malformations 

 1966 

 by B. Duhamel, P. Haegel Masson & Cie 



and R. Pages Paris 



307 pp., 256 figs., 24 tbs. 



This book deals almost exclusively with the morphology of human con- 

 genital malformations, and therefore is mainly of interest to members of the 

 medical profession. Its outstanding feature is that it aims at a new synthesis 

 of the whole field of gross anatomical malformations, based on the one hand 

 on the rich personal experience of the principal author as a paediatric surgeon, 

 and on the other hand on careful embryological considerations. This unifying 

 approach has led to the establishment of a more logical and consistent ter- 

 minology, which is largely original. 



The plan of the book is such that for each of the major morphogenetic 

 processes the data are discussed in the following sequence: a brief treatment 

 of normal embryology and a treatment of the morphological mechanisms of 

 the various possible deviations of development, followed by descriptions of 

 the major disturbances (leading to monstrosities), the lesser disturbances 

 (leading to organ malformations), and finally the weakest degrees of distur- 

 bance of the morphogenetic process under consideration. 



The book is in three parts, the first of which deals with disturbances of 

 axial organization. Part two discusses the disturbances of morphogenesis in 

 respectively, the ventral body wall, the cranial pole, the caudal pole, and the 

 extremities. Part three finally treats the double monsters and teratomas. 



The book is beautifully and profusely illustrated, mainly with original 

 drawings executed by the second author, and with original photographs of 

 specimens. There is a classified bibliography and an extensive subject index, 

 which clearly brings out, by the use of proper typography, the terminology 

 used in the present book and its relation with the older, partially obsolete 

 terminology. 



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