DEVELOPMENT OF MAMMALS AND MAN (general) (see also 34,44,64,104) 



Textbooks 



21. 



C.R.AUSTIN and R.V. SHORT, eds. 1978. FORTPFLANZUNGSBIOLOGIE DER SAUGETIERE. 



Band 2 Embryonale und fotale Entwicklung, aus dam Englischen iibersetzt von 



G.Obe, U.Hollihn und B.Beek 



Parey, Berlin, etc. Pareys Studientexte No. 7. 128 pp., 44 figs., 6 tabs., 



subject index. DM 26.00 (paper) 



This excellent short text dating from 1972 is the second translation in 

 this series, which was reviewed in Gen. Erabryol. Inf. Serv. 15, 1 (1973) . 

 The translation reads well but is not always entirely correct. Some of the 

 illustrations have lost some detail in reproduction and some captions are 

 less than adequately translated, 



22. 



D.A.LANGEBARTEL. 1977. THE ANATOMICAL PRIMER; an embryological explanation 



of human gross morphology 



Univ. Park Press, Baltimore, etc. X,510 pp., numerous figs., subject index. 



$ 22.50, E 13.75 



The reason why we review this book is that it is of interest to teachers 

 of human anatomy and embryology. The starting point is that the human body 

 is organised and that this organisation is most easily grasped and taught 

 on the basis of embryonic structure. The book presents the gross anatomical 

 details in "low key" but emphasises the basic simplicity of the body's com- 

 position during embryonic and (early) fetal development. 



The text is short and the main emphasis is on the illustrations. These 

 consist of numerous excellent line drawings which use red colour to empha- 

 sise important structures and components and cover all stages of development 

 up to the adult. The whole is didactically very clear and pleasing to the 

 eye. Apart from a 50-page section on embryogeny the subject matter is treat- 

 ed in four main parts: body wall, nervous system and related structures, 

 cardiovascular system, and viscera. Appropriate literature is cited and 

 listed in the 4-page bibliography. 



23. 



J.LANGMAN. 1977. MEDIZINISCHE EMBRYOLOGIE ; die normale menschliche Entwicklung 



und ihre Fehlbildungen. 5th unchanged edit. , translated by U.Drews 



Thieme, Stuttgart. Taschenlehrbuch der gesamten Anat. Bd.4. X,416 pp., 283 



figs., subject index. DM 18.80 (paper) 



This edition of the translation of Langman ' s well-known text is identical 

 with the 4th German edition (1976) . It is based on the 3rd English edition 

 (1975) and therefore now has half-tone illustrations as well as the famous 

 line drawings. The translator has made some alterations in the original text 

 with the permission of the author. 



Contrary to the 3rd English edition the chapter on experimental embryology 

 has been retained and even extended by the translator. It is fairly modern 

 in some areas but rather antiquated in the more strictly biological sections. 

 It has no illustrations but is the only chapter in which the reference list 

 has been retained. 



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