same terminology, clarified in a brief glossary. All chapters deal mainly 

 with early embryogenesis prior to and around implantation. 



One chapter bibliography has been updated until 1977, the others are up 

 to date until 1976. The photographs and electron micrographs are well re- 

 produced. 



30. 



J. M. TANNER. 1978. FOETUS INTO MAN: PHYSICAL GROWTH FROM CONCEPTION TO 



MATURITY 



Open Books, London. VI, 250 pp., 81 figs., 5 tabs., author and subject indexes. 



£ 7.95 (cloth), £ 4.50 (paper) 



Contents: 1. The curve of growth, 2. Cells and the growth of tissues, 3. 

 Growth before birth, 4. Sex differentiation up to puberty, 5. Puberty, 6. 

 Developmental age, and the problems of early and late maturers, 7. The en- 

 docrinology of growth, 8. Growth and development of the brain, 9. The in- 

 teraction of heredity and environment in the control of growth, 10. The or- 

 ganization of the growth process, 11. Standards of normal growth, 12. Dis- 

 orders of growth 



This little book is a gem of scientific exposition. A subject that could 

 easily be dull has been made highly interesting by a broad definition of 

 growth and a lively style. Moreover, the treatment is entirely up to date and 

 technicalities are explained in simple language. 



The book is well produced and illustrated. The chapter bibliographies are 

 broken down into references and annotated items for further reading. 



Symposium reports 



31. 



CIBA - Symposium. 1977. THE FREEZING OF MAMMALIAN EMBRYOS 



Elsevier - Excerpta Medica - North-Holland, Amsterdam, etc. Ciba Foundation 



Symposium 52 (new series). X,330 pp., 84 figs., 36 tabs., subject index, 



index to contributors. $ 28.25, Df 1.69. 00 



This symposium volume is of only limited importance to mammalian embryol- 

 ogists. Nevertheless, items of interest are to be found here and there, 

 particularly in the group discussions. The volume deals with the basic and 

 applied aspects of the freezing of embryos of the mouse and several other 

 mammals. They are discussed by a group of specialists mainly from Britain 

 and the U.S.A. 



One paper is of more immediate interest to embryologists : the largely 

 theoretical contribution by Riggers et al . on transport mechanisms in the 

 preimplantation mammalian embryo. 



The volume is produced with the meticulous care we have come to expect 

 from this series. 



Reference works 



32. 



INTERNATIONAL ANATOMICAL NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE. 1977. NOMINA ANATOMICA. 4th 



edit. 



Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, etc. XXVIII, 168 pp., Dfl. 120.00, $ 52.25, £ 28.75 



(paper) 



This fourth edition replaces the third one of 1966/68. Considerable revi- 

 sions have been made, particularly as regards the nervous system (almost 200 

 new terms) . The book now contains for the first time the internationally ap- 

 proved Nomina Histologiaa and Nomina Embryologica (34 and 36 pages, respec- 

 tively) . The latter are now in Latin only, in contrast to the previously 



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