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Book Review

Book Review

Pages 446-460 | Published online: 27 Sep 2008
 

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson †: CANCER, DISEASE OF CIVILIZATION? An anthropological and historical study.–-Hill and Wang, 104 Fifth Avenue, New York. 11, N.Y.; XI, 180 pp., 1 map, 4 figs.; 1960. $ 3.93.

Paech and Tracey's MODERN METHODS OF PLANT ANALYSIS (Moderne Methoden der Pflanzenanalyse). Editors: H. F. Linskens and M. V. Tracey. Vol. VI Co-Edited by B. D. Sanwal.–-Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, 1 Berlin 31 (Wilmersdorf), Germany.–-XXIV, 512 pp., 8°, cloth bound, 89 figs.; 1963. DM 98.–-.

Themann, H.: ELEKTRONENOPTISCHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN ÜBER DAS GLYKOGEN IM ZELLSTOFFWECHSEL.–-Veröffentlichungen aus der Morphologischen Pathologie, Heft 66: VI, 106 pp., 54 figs., 8deg; card covers. 1963. DM 38.50. Gnstav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.

Drs. Askell Löve and Doris Löve, Editors: NORTH ATLANTIC BIOTA AND THEIR HISTORY. A Symposium held at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik; July 1962, under the auspices of the Univ. of Iceland and the Museum of Natural History. Pergamon Press, Headington Hill Hall, Oxford, England; XII, 430 pp., 157 figs'., 7 plates; 8° 5.–-; 1963.

HANDBUCH DER EXPERIMENT ELLEN PHARMAKOLOGIE (Begr. von A. Heffter u. fortgef. von W. Heubner). Ergänzungswerk (Herausgeg. Von O. Eichler u. A. Farah). Vol. 17, Part 1. IONS ALCALINO-TERREUX (Alkaline Earth Ions). Part 1: SYSTÈMES ISOLÉS (Isolated Systems). Sub-Editor Zénon-Marcel Bacq.–-XIX, 574 pp., 56 figs., octavo. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, 1 Berlin 31 (Wilmersdorf), Germany, 1963. Cloth bound. DM 148.–-.

PHARMACOPOEA INTERNATIONALIS–-INTERNATIONAL PHARMACOPOEIA. 3 volumes: Vol. I, Vol. II, Supplement (1951; 1955; 1959 respectively) J. World Health Organization (WHO), Palais des Nations, Genève, Switzerland. Editio I (Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Supplement 2). Prices $ 5,–-, $ 6.75, $ 5.–-(respectively); total $ 14.–-if ordered as a set. (For previous reviews, see Acta Phytotherapeutica 9: 156–7; 157–8; Oct. 1962.

Various authors. MISES AU POINT BIOLOGIQUES. (La Bibliothèque du Pharmacien).–-Vigot Frères, Editeurs, 23 rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris VI; 1962; 286 pp., 10 plates (black and white; coloured), several tables and text figures. Price not given.

Walter Poller: MEDICAL BLOCK, BUCHENWALD: The personal testimony of Inmate 996, Block 36.–-Souvenir Press, Ltd., Publishers, 34/36 Beach Street, London, EC 1.; 1961, 277 pp., 20 figs., cloth bound, sh 21/–-(abt. $ 3.-).

Dr. René Dubos. THE DREAMS OF REASON: Science and Utopias.–-Columbia University Press, 6a Bedford Square, London W.C. 1.–-XV, 167 pp., 16 figs; 1961. Paper bound, sh 13/–-($ 1.75).

Doctor William Boyd (M.D.)–-AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF DISEASE.–-478 pp., 174 figures. 4 coloured plates, 6 × 9 inches, Editio V, cloth binding; index. Lea & Febiger, 600 South Washington Square, Philadelphia 6, Pa.–-1962 (May). $ 7.50.

A MEDICAL GREEK AND LATIN WORKBOOK; by James A. McCulloch, Ph.D.–-XIII, 154 pp.–-Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield (Illinois), U.S.A.–-1962. $ 5.75.

Gould, S. H. (Editor). Sciences in Communist China: A symposium presented at the New York meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 26–27, 1960.–-Assn. Adv. Sci. Publn. No. 68: XII, 872 pp., 23 figs., many tabs.; 1961. $ 14.–-.

Robert R. Sokal and Peter H. A. Sneath: Principles Op Numerical Taxonomy. XVIII, 359 pp., 39 figs., 20 tabs.; 1963. $ 8.50. W. H. Freeman & Company, 660 Market Str., San Francisco 4, Calif.

Dr Charoles O. Wilson and Dr Ole Gisvold (Editors): Textbook of Organic Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.–-Ed. 4; XVI, 883 pp., many figs., graphs, graphic formulas, and tabs.–-J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and Montreal, 1962. $ 14.–-.

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