THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



development of the human heart, are 

 certainly destined to become classics of 

 anatomical reference. 



GOETHE'S MORPHOLOGISCHE ARBEI- 



TEN und die Neuere Forschung. 

 By Valentin Haecker. Gustav Fischer 



5 marks 6| x 9§; vi + 98 (paper) Jena 

 An expansion of lecture material, which 

 gives a better conception of the signifi- 

 cance of Goethe's biological ideas in 

 relation to the modern viewpoint than 

 anything which has hitherto appeared. 

 The topics discussed are: History of 

 Goethe's botanical studies; The inter- 

 maxillary. First emergence of the idea 

 of type; The vertebral theory of the skull; 

 The osteological type; Goethe as physiol- 

 ogist; "Urpflanze" and metamorphosis 

 of plants; Goethe's ideas regarding the 

 developmental mechanics of plants; The 

 spiral tendency of plants; Goethe as 

 predecessor of Darwin. Altogether this 

 brochure is a useful contribution to the 

 history of science. 



staining; the origin of the cells of the 

 blood; the cerebrospinal fluid; postural 

 organs; the red nucleus; the extra-pyram- 

 idal system; the cerebellum; the projec- 

 tion of the retina in the central nervous 

 system; protopathic and epicritic sensa- 

 tion; X-ray anatomy. 



UBER DIE BESTIMMUNG DES ALTERS 

 VON ORGANVERANDERUNGEN BEI 

 MENSCH UND TIER AUF GRUND 

 HISTOLOGISCHER MERKMALE. Mit 



besonderer Beriicksichtigung der Hamosiderin- 

 bildung bei Pferd, Rind und Hund. 

 By Curt Krause. Gustav Fischer 



6 marks 6§ x 9I; izo (paper) Jena 



A detailed account of an investigation 

 of the time changes in pathological 

 lesions, particularly those of an inflamma- 

 tory character. The experiments were 

 made on horses, cattle and dogs. There 

 are extensive bibliographies following 

 each section of the work. 



RECENT ADVANCES IN ANATOMY. 

 By H. Woollard. P. Blakiston's Son and Co. 

 $3.50 Philadelphia 



5J x 8; vii + 3ox 

 This little book maintains well the 

 high standard of the "Recent Advances" 

 series, other numbers of which have been 

 noticed in these columns. The topics 

 treated, in a readable and interesting 

 fashion, are: Microdissection; tissue cul- 

 ture; oestrus, ovulation and menstruation; 

 the youngest human ovum — the Miller 

 ovum; growth centers and organisers; 

 the morphogenesis of nerve fibres; vital 



EXTREMITATENENTWICKLUNG 

 UND POLYDACTYLIE BEIM PFERDE. 



Die Ontogenese des Hand- und Fussskelets, 

 Varianten am Carpus und die Beurteilung 

 der " entwicklungsbedingten" Poly dacty lie bei 

 Eqtius caballus. Zoologische Bausteine. Band 

 1, Heft 3. 



By Fritz Drahn. Gebruder Borntraeger 



16 marks Berlin 



6| x 10; viii + 2.06 (paper) 

 A comprehensive morphological study, 

 based upon a rich material, of Poly- 

 dactyly in the horse, prefaced by a detailed 

 study of the normal ontogeny of the skele- 

 ton of the fore and hind feet. There is a 

 bibliography of 77 titles, but no index. 



