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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  have 
  originated 
  directly 
  from 
  a 
  coelenterate 
  ancestor 
  rather 
  than 
  

   from 
  the 
  annelids, 
  arthropods, 
  or 
  other 
  highly 
  specialized 
  inver- 
  

   tebrates. 
  The 
  second 
  part 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  reprint 
  entitled 
  " 
  The 
  

   Geometrical 
  Relation 
  of 
  the 
  Nuclei 
  in 
  an 
  Tnvag 
  mating 
  Gastrula 
  

   (e. 
  g. 
  Amphioxns) 
  considered 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Cell 
  Rhythm 
  

   and 
  DriescKs 
  Conception 
  of 
  Entelechy 
  '." 
  The 
  early 
  develop- 
  

   mental 
  stages 
  may 
  be 
  explained 
  by 
  assuming 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  a 
  vital 
  

   attractive 
  force 
  acting 
  between 
  the 
  adjacent 
  cells 
  of 
  the 
  embryo. 
  

   The 
  book 
  was 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  press 
  by 
  the 
  author's 
  widow. 
  

  

  w. 
  R. 
  c. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  Respiratory 
  Exchange 
  of 
  Animals 
  and 
  Man; 
  by 
  

   August 
  Krogh. 
  Pp. 
  viii, 
  173. 
  London, 
  1916 
  (Longmans, 
  

   Green 
  & 
  Co.). 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  attempt 
  to 
  "trace 
  out 
  a 
  

   course 
  through 
  the 
  ocean 
  of 
  literature 
  " 
  that 
  has 
  accumulated 
  

   since 
  Lavoisier's 
  classic 
  researches 
  that 
  first 
  indicated 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   century 
  ago 
  something 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  respiratory 
  

   exchange. 
  The 
  reputation 
  of 
  the 
  author, 
  reader 
  in 
  zoophysiology 
  

   at 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Copenhagen, 
  as 
  an 
  expert 
  in 
  this 
  field 
  of 
  science 
  

   gives 
  adequate 
  assurance 
  of 
  intelligent 
  treatment. 
  The 
  topics 
  

   reviewed 
  are 
  grouped 
  under 
  the 
  following 
  headings 
  : 
  the 
  physio- 
  

   logical 
  significance 
  of 
  the 
  exchange 
  of 
  oxygen 
  and 
  carbon 
  dioxide 
  ; 
  

   methods 
  for 
  measuring 
  the 
  respiratory 
  exchange 
  ; 
  the 
  exchange 
  of 
  

   nitrogen, 
  hydrogen, 
  methane, 
  ammonia, 
  and 
  other 
  gases 
  of 
  minor 
  

   importance 
  ; 
  the 
  standard 
  metabolism 
  of 
  the 
  organism 
  ; 
  defini- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  determination 
  ; 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  internal 
  factors 
  upon 
  

   the 
  standard 
  metabolism 
  ; 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  chemical 
  factors 
  upon 
  

   the 
  respiratory 
  exchange 
  ; 
  the 
  influence 
  of 
  physical 
  factors 
  upon 
  the 
  

   respiratory 
  exchange 
  ; 
  the 
  variations 
  in 
  standard 
  metabolism 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  life 
  cycle 
  of 
  the 
  individual 
  ; 
  the 
  respiratory 
  exchange 
  in 
  

   different 
  animals. 
  The 
  volume 
  is 
  a 
  fitting 
  companion 
  to 
  the 
  

   others 
  in 
  this 
  series 
  of 
  monographs 
  on 
  biochemistry. 
  l. 
  b. 
  m. 
  

  

  5. 
  Memoirs 
  of 
  the 
  Queensland 
  Museum^ 
  Vol. 
  V.; 
  edited 
  by 
  

   the 
  Director, 
  R. 
  Hamlyn-Harris. 
  Pp. 
  234 
  ; 
  25 
  pis., 
  21 
  figs. 
  

   Issued 
  July 
  10, 
  1916. 
  Brisbane 
  (Anthony 
  J. 
  Cumming, 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  Printer). 
  — 
  This 
  new 
  volume 
  from 
  the 
  Queensland 
  Museum 
  

   is 
  chiefly 
  devoted, 
  as 
  were 
  the 
  earlier 
  issues, 
  to 
  articles 
  on 
  natural 
  

   history, 
  especially 
  zoology. 
  Some 
  fifteen 
  of 
  these 
  appear, 
  well 
  

   illustrated 
  by 
  twenty-five 
  plates. 
  The 
  opening 
  paper 
  by 
  the 
  

   Director, 
  associated 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  Smith, 
  discusses 
  fish 
  poison- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  poisons 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  aborigines 
  of 
  Queensland, 
  where 
  

   the 
  practice 
  of 
  stupefying 
  and 
  killing 
  fish 
  by 
  this 
  means 
  has 
  been 
  

   long 
  in 
  vogue. 
  Queensland 
  fishes 
  are 
  discussed 
  at 
  length 
  by 
  

   J. 
  Douglas 
  Ogilby 
  and 
  A. 
  R. 
  McCulloch 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  gentlemen 
  

   together 
  give 
  an 
  extended 
  review 
  of 
  Australian 
  therapons, 
  while 
  

   Mr. 
  Ogilby 
  continues 
  his 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  edible 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  colony. 
  

   (Parts 
  iv-ix). 
  Papers 
  on 
  Australian 
  fish 
  scales 
  and 
  on 
  Queens- 
  

   land 
  bees 
  are 
  contributed 
  by 
  Professor 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  of 
  the 
  

   University 
  of 
  Colorado. 
  

  

  