/:4. 



K.L.MOORE. 1977. THE DEVELOPING HUMAN, clinically oriented embryology. 2nd 

 edit. 



Saunders, Philadelphia, etc. XIV, 411 pp., 362 figs., 10 tabs., subject in- 

 dex. £ 5.25 



This book has become quite popular since its first publication in 1973 

 and has been translated into several languages. The first edition was re- 

 viewed in Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. 15, -2, 1974. The text was quite up to 

 date at that time and has again been updated for this edition. Many illus- 

 trations were modified or replaced by newer ones. The apparently successful 

 format of the book is unchanged, but apart from the references each chapter 

 now has suggestions for further reading for the beginning student. 



25. 



G.H.SCHUMACHER. 1977. EMBRYONALE ENTWICKLUNG DES MENSCHEN. 3rd edit. 

 Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin (DDR). Thesaurus Reihe. 206 pp., 95 figs., sub- 

 ject index. M 8.00 (paper) 



The first and second edition of this concise text were reviewed in Gen. 

 Embryol. Inf. Serv. 16, 1, 1975. The book has been fully revised without 

 changing the format. Ten new illustrations and a glossary of Latin and 

 Greek terms were added . 



Monographs 



26. 



E.BLECHSCHMIDT. 1977. THE BEGINNINGS OF HUMAN LIFE, translated from the 



German by Transemantics , Inc. 



Springer, New York, etc. Heidelberg Science Library. VIII, 128 pp., 58 figs., 



8 pis. $ 7.50, DM 15.00 (paper) 



This is the English translation of a book reviewed last year in part 1 of 

 this volume (p. 212). The translation is good on the whole but distinctly odd 

 in places. Most of the half-tone illustrations have suffered slightly as 

 compared with the original ones. 



A critical review of an earlier version of the book is to be found in Gen. 

 Embryol. Inform. Serv., suppl . to the 12th issue, 1968, p. 17. 



27. 



E.BLECHSCHMIDT and R.F.GASSER. 1978. BIOKINETICS AND BIODYNAMICS OF HUMAN 



DIFFERENTIATION; principles and applications 



Thomas, Springfield. American Lecture Series No. 1011. XVI, 285 pp., 159 figs., 



subject index. $ 24.50 



To those not familiar with E.Blechschmidt ' s ideas developed in a long life 

 of scientific activity this book could be one of two things: an irritant or 

 an eye-opener. In both cases it may perform a useful function, if only be- 

 cause no one can deny that it is wholly original and entirely unorthodox. 

 Regular readers of these book notices have been given glimpses of Blech- 

 schmidt's way of thinking on previous occasions (see Gen. Embryol. Inf. Serv. 

 vols. 12 (suppl.), 1968 and 16, 1, 1975) but this is the first time his ideas 

 are laid down in a book first published outside Germany, thanks to the in- 

 terest and help of the junior author, who is an American. 



The main premise of the book is that it is necessary to study human devel- 

 opment right from the start by what is called "kinetic anatomy", viewing the 

 embryo as a dynamically interacting whole on the basis of material movements 

 and tissue forces deduced from painstaking morphological investigation. It 

 is claimed that this leads to conclusions that invalidate evolutionary con- 

 siderations and emphasise the uniqueness of human development. The resulting 



