Reference works 



60. 



L. WEINSTEIN, ed. 1976. TERATOLOGY AND CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS, a 



comprehensive guide to the literature, 3 vols. 



Plenum, New York, etc. vol. 1 Bibliograpny: 464 pp.; vol. 2 KWIC Index part one: 



570 pp.; vol. 3 KWIC Index part two and author index: 538 pp. $ 234.80 the set 



This most useful set of volumes is best characterised by reprinting the entire second 

 paragraph from the Preface: 



The material of this book ranges from experimental to clinical, with the emphasis on 

 the former. A majority of the references concern malformations, especially those in- 

 duced by chemicals, drugs, pesticides, diseases, stress, environment, etc. Techniques 

 and methods for the study of teratogenesis is another weU-represented category. Each 

 reference in this group has had the words "test method" added to the title to assist in 

 locating such papers in the KWIC index. Also included are those aspects of embryo- 

 logy, reproduction, and genetics that lead to a better understanding of the development 

 of the malformations. In recent years, references to mutagenicity and screening tests 

 for carcinogenicity have been added. An effort has been made to include books, book 

 reviews, symposia, conference proceedings, and abstracts from meetings. 



The work is a compilation of aU references contained in a current awareness bulletin 

 produced by Lederle Laboratories since 1963, plus the references from several retrospec- 

 tive searches going back to around 1950. The total number of references Usted is more 

 than 13,000, the last 2,000 of which date from 1974. The listings are in the form of a 

 Bibliography (vol.1) and a computer-produced Key Word In Context index (vols. 2 and 3) 

 referring back to the Bibliography. The KWIC index is based on the titles plus appropriate 

 keywords supplementing them. Titles in 24 languages other than English have been trans- 

 lated into EngUsh. The author index at the end of vol. 3 of course also refers back to the 

 BibUography. 



The volumes are sturdily bound. It is to be hoped that the volumes will be updated 

 from time to time. 



DEVELOPMENTAL PATHOLOGY, CANCER (see also 67,89,93,101) 



Monographs 



61. 



A. GROPP and K. BENIRSCHKE, eds. 1976. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND 



PATHOLOGY 



Springer, Berlin, etc. Current Topics in Pathology, vol. 62. IX, 216 pp., 86 figs., 18 tabs., 

 subject index. DM 96.00, $ 39.40 



The preparation of this volume was prompted by the desire to meet some urgent funda- 

 mental needs of developmental pathology. Indeed, some rather recent avenues are ex- 

 plored in it, and it ought to be of great interest not only to pathologists but to all mam- 

 malian embryologists. Most of the 19 contributors are established authorities in the field; 

 all but two are from Western Europe. The 12 contributions are well-organised reviews 

 ranging in length from half a dozen to two dozen pages. (Not all of them are equally up 

 to date and only one has been updated.) 



After a brief introduction by Austin the contributions are arranged in four sections as 

 foUows: Oocyte, early embryo and maternal host; morphology and biochemistry (4 papers), 

 Pharmacological and hormonal influences in early embryogenesis (3), Teratology (2), and 

 Cytogenetics (3). We cannot list aU individual contributions but want to make an excep- 

 tion for the paper by Denker, in which he reviews the problem of early determination on 

 a comparative basis and concludes that it is too early to decide between the "inside-out" 

 and the cytoplasmic localisation hypotheses, and that both may be true. 



The volume is well pnnted and superbly illustrated. 



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