The Female Sex Hormone

This handy volume will undoubtedly make a strong appeal to all keen students of endocrinology. To research workers in the field it will prove of sterling worth as it gives in a concise and systematic way all the important phases of development of the subject together with the difficulties and pitfalls encountered by them. The subject is particularly difficult to deal with in view of the overwhelming amount of literature that, has appeared and the enormous mass of conflicting evidence recorded from time to time. All credit must So to the author for having discharged his task so admirably. The book is divided into two parts. The first part deals with the biology, pharmacology and chemistry of the subject. The anatomy of the genital tract and the cyclical changes in the breasts and other organs consequent, on puberty and pregnancy are considered in detail. In two chapters, the physiological experiments conducted to determine the nature of the hormone responsible for " feminjneness" are described. The chemical methods of extraction of the female sex hormone and its method of assay by the vaginal smear test, as developed by Allen and Doisy are also dealt with in separate chapters. Special stress is laid on the