THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



discussions of the telencephalon, the 

 rhinencephalon, the neopallium, and the 

 grey nuclei of the telencephalon. There 

 are Z34 illustrations, and an author, but 

 no subject index. The book will form a 

 useful addition to anatomical libraries. 



ENTWICKLUNGSGESCHICHTE DES 

 MENSCHEN mit Berticksichtigung der 

 Wirbeltiere. 



By L. Michael is. Georg Thieme 



8.70 marks Leipzig 



5x7!; viii + Z53 + 4 plates 

 This is the tenth edition, revised and 

 enlarged by Prof. Richard Weissenberg, 

 of an elementary textbook of human em- 

 bryology. It follows conventional lines 

 but is brought thoroughly up to date. 



PHYSIOLOGY 



THE ENDOCRINES IN GENERAL 



MEDICINE. 



By W. Langdon Brown. 



Paul B. Hoeber, Inc. 

 $3.00 5! x 8^; vii -f- 144 New York 

 This volume is primarily intended for 

 the general practitioner. Based largely on 

 the author's personal laboratory and bed- 

 side experience, the book first introduces 

 the reader to the "biological position of 

 the endocrine system in relation to the 

 visceral nervous system, which seems to 

 me to provide a key to its mode of action." 

 Throughout the book the discussions of 

 the physiology of the various endocrine 

 glands are freely illustrated by the citation 

 of clinical cases. While the chapters are 

 necessarily brief, there is not so much 

 condensation as to make difficult reading. 

 The book is well indexed, but lacks any 

 bibliography, which would seem to indi- 

 cate that the author presupposes a lack of 



time or possibly interest on the part of his 

 audience to follow up the subject in more 

 technical literature. Dr. Brown sees the 

 future of endocrinology as follows: 



As the psychological make-up depends in large 

 part on the endocrine pattern, endocrinology will 

 play an increasing part in the study of psycho- 

 neuroses, and in the rational determination of voca- 

 tion; pharmacology will come to the aid of substitu- 

 tion therapy; greater use will be made of the 

 antagonisms and cooperations between the different 

 endocrines; and endocrinology will help in the 

 treatment of hepatic diseases. 



THE COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 

 OF INTERNAL SECRETIONS. 

 By Lancelot T. Hogben. 



The Macmillan Co. 

 $4.00 5! x 8£; 148 New York 



This is a concise but critical and 

 thorough review of the present state of 

 knowledge regarding the physiology of 

 the endocrine glands. The material is 

 discussed under the following heads: 

 Chemical co-ordination; adrenaline and 

 neuromuscular co-ordination; internal se- 

 cretion and the chromatic function; 

 endocrine factors in secretory processes; 

 the relation of internal secretions to vas- 

 omotor regulation; endocrine factors in 

 metabolism; the role of the ductless glands 

 in developmental processes. 



The book will be of great value for 

 reference purposes in the field of endo- 

 crinology. This being so it seems a pity 

 that the documentation of the literature 

 is not more comprehensive. At the end 

 of each subject section a short list of the 

 more important references is given, but the 

 exact location of many of the citations 

 in the text is difficult or impossible to find 

 anywhere in the book. This is a matter 

 of no great moment to the specialist in 

 the field, who already knows the literature, 

 but diminishes the otherwise great use- 



