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from North America, and two from Europe. Their papers are reproduced 

 without the discussions following them. Three papers discuss the "classical" 

 amphibian limb and eye, studied with modern methods (Hay, Reyer and Rose) . 

 Three others deal with invertebrate animals (Rasmont: gemmulation in 

 sponges; Burnett: maintenance of form in Hydra; Wolff: planarian regenera- 

 tion). The inclusion of two papers on regeneration and morphogenesis in plants 

 is a most welcome feature (Stonier: regeneration in Nicotians; Steeves: morpho- 

 genesis in isolated fern leaves). 



The book is well-illustrated and contains an alphabetical index. 



Contributors: Burnett (Cleveland, Ohio), Hay (Boston, Mass.), Rasmont (Brussels), Reyer 

 (Morgantown, W.Va.), Rose (New Orleans, La.), Steeves (Saskatoon, Sask.), Stonier (New 

 York), Wolff (Paris). 



29. REGENERATION AND WOUND HEALING 



1964 



Editor: Gy. Szanto Akademiai Kiado 



Symposia Biologica Hungaria Vol. 3 Budapest 



148 pp., 93 figs. 



The Symposium of which this book constitutes the report was held in Buda- 

 pest four years ago (November 1960). Judging from the editor's preface its 

 original title was "Symposium on Wound Healing", and this is clearly reflected 

 in the table of contents. The Symposium had 22 participants, 18 of which were 

 Hungarians, the other four coming from Bulgaria, Poland and Russia. Almost 

 all participants work in medical or paramedical institutes. Of the nine papers 

 presented, six were given by Hungarian speakers. The papers and the discus- 

 sions following them are recorded in this book in good English. All papers are 

 preceded by a synopsis and concluded by a bibliography. 



Only two of the papers deal with body and organ regeneration in the com- 

 monly accepted sense of the word. Most of the others deal with wound healing 

 (mainly in mammals) under normal and pathological conditions, and with its 

 clinical implications. One paper on plant tissue growth in vitro seems entirely 

 out of place in the context of the Symposium. 



The first and longest paper is by B. P. Tokin (Leningrad) and is entitled 

 "Regeneration and somatic embryogenesis". It may be regarded as a synopsis 

 of the author's book of the same title which appeared in Russian in 1959. It 

 discusses, against a broad taxonomic and evolutionary background, the relations 

 between regeneration and asexual reproduction, and places the whole problem 

 in a theoretical framework. Moreover, numerous original experiments by the 

 author and his associates, in a variety of organisms, are reported. 



Of the other papers only those which appear of specific interest to our 

 readers will be mentioned. J. Niwelinski (Krakow) treats the activity of intra- 

 cellular enzymes in regenerating newt limbs, and R. Tsanev (Sofia) the role of 

 nucleic acids in wound healing after various types of mechanical injury. Two 

 papers report on comparative studies on wound healing and skin carcinogenesis 

 with regard to tissue dynamics and tonofibrillar structure. Another paper deals 

 with regional differences in the rate of wound healing along the body axis. 



The book is well printed and adequately illustrated. There is no alphabetical 

 index. 



