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THE QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY 



gets all the necessary amino-acids in the 

 exact proportions required, but the vege- 

 tarian is in serious danger of missing some 

 essential." As a particularly atrocious 

 example of pernicious British propaganda 

 we recommend this to the perusal of 

 Mayor Thompson. 



Physiologists will be interested to learn 

 that in the officer's mess in the army such 

 topics as religion, politics, and women are 

 traditionally tabood; heated argument 

 may arise and digestion may thereby 

 suffer. 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



By V. H. Mottram. 



W. W. Norton and Co., Inc. 

 $3.00 5! x: 8f; 2.79 New York 



This is an outline of physiology written 

 for the general reader interested in the 

 functions of the human body. The author, 

 a distinguished physiologist, writes with 

 literary charm as well as scientific 

 authority. The book is an unusually fine 

 example of the popularization of science 

 at its best. 



THE PHYSIQUE OF WOMEN IN IN- 

 DUSTRY. A Contribution Towards the 

 Determination of the Optimum Load. Indus- 

 trial Fatigue Research Board Re-port No. 44. 

 By E. P. Cathcart, E. M. Bedale, C. Blair, 

 K. Macleod and E. Weatherhead. With a 

 special section by Sybil G. Overton. 



His Majesty's Stationery Office 

 5 shillings London 



6 x 9! ; vi + 140 (paper) 

 While intended primarily as an investi- 

 gation into industrial practice, this report 

 contains a considerable amount of anthro- 

 pometric material of more general interest. 

 Measurements were made on 4366 women, 

 of height, weight, arm length, distance of 

 finger tips from ground, lumbar pull, hand 



grip, and arm crush, and the data analyzed 

 statistically. There is also an investiga- 

 tion of the metabolic cost of carriage of 

 loads, with special reference to the manner 

 of carriage . As might be anticipated, it is 

 found that the disposition of the load in 

 large measure determines the physiological 

 cost. We note and like the sort of 

 practicality, shall we say, of certain of the 

 measurements taken. 



A COLLEGE TEXTBOOK OF HYGIENE 

 By Dean F. Smiley and Adrian G. Gould. 

 The Macmillan Co. 

 $1.00 5! x -j\; xiv + 333 New York 



A textbook of hygiene for college 

 students concerned chiefly with personal 

 hygiene. The book is written for the 

 most part in non-technical language mak- 

 ing it especially suited for use in elemen- 

 tary courses. Furthermore the advice 

 about such difficult matters as alcohol and 

 sex is, on the whole, refreshingly sane, 

 probably too much so to please the up- 

 lifters. Reading lists follow each chapter 

 and a glossary of technical terms is given 

 at the end of the book. 



ACIDOSE ET ALCALOSE. Physiologie. 



Pathologie. Therapeutique. 



By Marcel Labbe and F. Nepveux. 



Masson et Cie 

 30 francs 6j x 9I; Z96 (paper) Paris 



This volume deals with the hydrogen 

 ion equilibrium of the human organism. 

 There are chapters on methods of pH 

 determination; on the physiologic mech- 

 anism of acid-base equilibriums; and on 

 the different forms of acidosis and alkalosis 

 and their treatment. There are bibliog- 

 raphies under each head. The book 

 gives a good account of the present state 

 of our knowledge of the subject. 



