NEW BIOLOGICAL BOOKS 



2-99 



PHYSIOLOGY 



NOXIOUS GASES and the Principles of 

 Respiration Influencing Their Action. 

 By Yandell Henderson and Howard W. 

 Haggard. The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc. 



$4.50 6x9; 2.1.0 New York 



Professor Yandell Henderson is the 

 leading American investigator of the 

 physiological effects of poisonous gases. 

 He and his colleague, Dr. Haggard, have 

 performed a useful service in concisely 

 summarizing in this volume the present 

 state of knowledge in this field. They 

 classify noxious gases and vapors into 

 three main groups, viz., asphyxiants, 

 irritant gases, and volatile drugs and drug- 

 like substances. Following a general 

 introductory chapter, three chapters are 

 devoted to a clear and concise account of 

 the physiology of respiration. After a 

 detailed treatment of the various noxious 

 gases and vapors, the book ends with a 

 chapter on prevention and treatment of 

 poisoning by such substances. Each 

 chapter is followed by a brief, but well 

 chosen, list of references to the literature. 

 The book is well indexed. 



MUSCULAR MOVEMENT IN MAN: 

 THE FACTORS GOVERNING SPEED 

 AND RECOVERY FROM FATIGUE. 

 By A. V. Hill. McGraw-Hill Book Co. 



$2.-50 6x9; 104 New York 



This book records the results of the 

 experiments on the physiology of athletes 

 which the author made while holding the 

 George F. Baker lectureship in chemistry 

 at Cornell University last year. The 

 general point of view is that of an engi- 

 neering analysis of the work done by the 

 human body, and an attempt at a rational 

 explanation of how this work is done in 

 terms of the physics and chemistry of the 



living substance. Professor Hill's work 

 may truly be said to mark the initial 

 development of a new era in human 

 physiology. 



LE SYSTEME VEINEUX NORMAL ET 

 PATHOLOGIQUE. Guide des Malades et 

 des Predisposes. Varices — Phlebites — Hem- 

 orroides — etc. 

 By Drs. Hugel and G. De later. 



Gaston Doin et Cie 

 15 francs 4I x j; 182, (paper) Paris 



This is supposed to be a guide for those 

 who have or expect to have diseases of the 

 venous system. The project is in many 

 ways a curious one, and it is questionable 

 whether there are many patients who 

 would benefit by being handed such a 

 book — even if it were written so simply 

 that they could understand it all. Unfor- 

 tunately, the authors seem to have kept 

 in mind a medical audience as well as a 

 lay one, and as a result they will probably 

 "weary the unlearned, who need not know 

 so much, and trouble the learned, who 

 know it already." One wonders just 

 what relation, if any, the writers bear to 

 those who are selling the waters of 

 Bagnoles. The section on therapeutics 

 contains many exhortations to drink more 

 of this particular fluid. 



UBUNGEN AUS DER VERGLEICHEN- 

 DEN PHYSIOLOGIE. Atmung. Ver- 

 dauung. Blut. Stoffiuechsel. Kreislauf. 

 Nervenmuskel system . 



By Hermann J. Jordan and G. Chr. Hirsch. 



Julius Springer 



19.50 marks Berlin 



6§ x 9I; viii + 2.J7. (paper) 



A very thorough and well worked out 



set of laboratory directions for a course in 



comparative physiology including both 





