Elements of Histology

Elements of Histology

subject. The style is concise; but reads more like a student's note-book than a finished literary work. The diagrams are excellent, some parts of the subject are fairly completely dealt with ; but, the account of the Histology of the nervous system is very meagre and the diagrams few. The chapter on Technique is not sufficiently comprehensive and no mention is made of frozen sections of fresh t...

Elements of Histology

This is a really admirable specimen of a students' textbook. Written in concise and clear language, arranged in simple and scientific sequences, and abounding in illustrations of the very highest excellence, it is undoubtedly, bulk for bulk, the best work on the subject in the English language. Some ten reproductions of histological micro-photographs by Mr. Andrew Pringle are given. We fear tha...

Histology

HISTOLOGY. Roy 0. Greep, Ed. New York, Blakiston, 1954. 953 pp., 648 figs., $15.00. This massive textbook of histology marks a new departure from the usual text. It began as a sixth edition of the text by Bremer and Weatherford and ended as a completely new book, both as to text and as to most of the illustrations. In addition, the chapters have been written by thirteen different contributors, ...

Histology

Histology

Dr. Strauss is aware of the importance to the body of the mechanisms influencing the disposal of water, although his teleology is sometimes tongue-in-cheek. In discussing diurnal variations in urine flow, "the teleologic usefulness of a diminished output of urine during the usual time of sleep requires no comment." Approximately twice as much space is devoted to thirst, water, and the antidiure...