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1 9. FOETAL AND NEONATAL PATHOLOGY 



2nd ed., 1963 

 by J. E. Morison Butterworths 



538 pp., 128 figs. London 



Price: 100 s. 



The first edition of this book appeared in 1952. Since it deals almost exclu- 

 sively with the human species, it is mainly of importance to members of the 

 medical profession. The enormous amount of literature that has appeared in the 

 last decade has necessitated the almost complete re-writing of the book for this 

 new edition. 



The book is in three parts, the first of which is entitled "Disturbances of pre- 

 natal life" (8 chapters, 175 pages). This includes a short chapter on congenital 

 abnormalities, mainly discussing general principles (e.g. the interplay of here- 

 dity and environment). Two other chapters discuss such generalised anomalies 

 as asymmetry, double monsters, teratomas and embryomas. However, the ma- 

 jority of the more localised anomalies are discussed in part II, entitled "Adapta- 

 tion to extra-uterine existance" (7 chapters, 245 pages). Parts I and II further 

 deal with numerous aspects of abnormal foetal and neonatal physiology. Finally 

 part III deals with "Infections in foetal and neonatal life" (5 chapters, 97 

 pages). 



Throughout the book extensive bibliographies are provided. Literature in 

 languages other than English is only exceptionally quoted. The book is well- 

 illustrated, and is concluded by an alphabetical index. 



20. LES ALTERATIONS DE LA MElOSE 



CHEZ LES ANIMAUX PARTHfiNOGfiNfiTIQUES 



1964 



by M. Narbel-Hofstetter Springer- Verlag 



163 pp., 1 12 figs. Wien 



(paper-bound) Price: $ 15.75 



This monograph forms part of "Protoplasmatologia", Handbuch der Proto- 

 plasmaforschung. This handbook consists of a large number of monographs 

 which are issued singly and are obtainable separately. The present monograph 

 forms part of Volume VI (Nuclear and cellular division), part F (Meiotic 

 chromosomes). 



The subject matter of the book is highly specialized. It is concerned almost 

 entirely with the behaviour of chromosomes, and is consequently mainly of 

 interest to cytologists. However, those who are interested in aberrant types 

 of oogenesis and early development occurring in nature, will find in it a useful, 

 rigorously classified survey of a particular class of aberrations from the 

 normal pattern, viz. those in which parthenogenesis is accompanied by 

 anomalies in the behaviour of meiotic chromosomes or of the products of 

 meiosis. Those instances where parthenogenesis follows upon normal meiosis 

 are not treated in the book. 



The book is in two parts. The first part presents the cytological facts. It has 

 two sections, the first of which deals with aberrations in the maturation divi- 

 sions and in the behaviour of their products, while the second treats true 

 ameiotic parthenogenesis, in which meiotic prophase is highly abnormal or 



