are from North America and the United Kingdom but there are contributions trom 

 Western Europe and South America as well. 



The books are produced in small but readable typescript-offset. The photographic illu- 

 strations are well reproduced. 



Textbooks 



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E. BLECHSCHMIDT. 1976. WIE BEGINNT DAS MENSCHLICHE LEBEN 



Christiana-Verlag, Stein am Rhein. 168 pp., 63 figs. 



This is an entirely rewritten version of the author's earlier book Vom Ei zum Embryo 

 (1968). It is based on unorthodox ideas which are by now well known, particularly in the 

 German-speaking world: kinetic anatomy, developmental dynamics, formative movements 

 (Gestaltungsbewegungen) , and "metaboUc fields" (Stoffwechselfelder). The latter two 

 concepts are derived from a painstaking morphological analysis of human development, 

 the results of which have already been laid down in a number of more extensive works for 

 the specialist. The present book is an outline that is apparently meant primarily for the 

 general reader. 



The book is illustrated with excellent line drawings and photographs, for the most part 

 taken from the author's earUer works. It is concluded by tabular surveys of human devel- 

 opment and a glossary. 



39. 



G. MICHEL. 1977. KOMPENDIUM DER EMBRYOLOGIE DER HAUSTIERE. 2nd edit. 



Fischer, Jena. 398 pp., 232 figs., 1 5 tabs., subject index. M 28.00 



The first edition of this book (1972) was reviewed in Gen. Embryol. Inform. Serv. 15, 

 1 (1973). The book is essentially unchanged. The text is some 25 pages longer, three of 

 which are taken up by a new chapter on teratology. A few new illustrations were added 

 and the list of additional reading was somewhat extended. 



40. 



G. H. SPERBER. 1976. CRANIOFACIAL EMBRYOLOGY. 2nd edit. 



Wright, Bristol. Dental Practioner Handbook No. 15. XIV, 163 pp., 106 figs., subject 



index. £ 5.00 (paper) 



The first edition of this book appeared in 1973 and was reviewed in Gen. Embryol. Inf. 

 Serv. 15, 2, 1974. The book has remained essentially the same but expansion in several 

 places has led to an increase in length of 30 pages. A short chapter on the development of 

 the sense organs of the head was added. Several new figures were inserted and several others 

 replaced. The chapter bibliographies were extended. 



Monographs 



41. 



R. W. BEARD and P. W. NATHANIELSZ, eds. 1976. FETAL PHYSIOLOGY AND MEDI- 

 CINE: the basis of perinatology 

 Saunders, London, etc. XII, 542 pp., 123 figs., 62 tabs., subject index. £ 15.00, $ 28.50 



This book deals almost entirely with the fetus and is therefore predominantly of inte- 

 rest to members of the medical profession. However, it can be of value as a work of refer- 

 ence to mammalian and human embryologists. Of the 37 contributors 29 are British or 

 Commonwealth. The 26 chapters are compendious reviews with long reference lists and 

 together provide almost complete coverage of our knowledge of human and mammalian 



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