SUGGESTED READINGS 



Chapter 1 



Needham, J. A., History of Embryology, Cambridge University Press, 

 1934. A comprehensive treatment, well illustrated and documented, tracing 

 the very beginnings of the science of development. If this book is not avail- 

 able, see Needham's Chemical Embryology, Cambridge University Press, 

 1931, for a historical survey. 



Mayer, A. W., The Rise of Embryology, Stanford University Press, 1939. 



Shumway, W., Introduction to Vertebrate Embryology, John Wiley and 

 Sons, 1942. Treats the historical phases of embryology, showing the develop- 

 ment of embryology from a period of description to one of comparison, and 

 finally to a period of the study of principles. Points out how a knowledge of 

 embryology aids in an understanding of adult anatomy. 



Huxley, J. S., and de Beer, G. R., Elements of Experimental Embry- 

 ology, Cambridge University Press, 1934. An excellent discussion of the 

 history of the concepts of preformation and epigenesis, and of the modern 

 theories of development. 



Weiss, Paul, Principles of Development, Henry Holt and Company, 

 1939. Begins with definitions of development and the relationship of the 

 development of structure to the requirements of the adult. There follows a 

 discussion of the general changes which occur in development as related to 



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