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Semen, The Ultra-Structure of Mammalian Spermatozoa, Pheromones and Mammalian Reproduction, The Uterus and the Control of Ovarian Function, The Hazards of Birth, and Human Fertility as a World Problem. Each of the separate subjects listed above was authored by an individual or group of individuals who appear to be extremely familiar with their subject material. In each of the chapters a rather thorough yet succinct review was undertaken by the authors of that chapter. One of the real strengths of this book, in addition to the wide diversity of subjects well reviewed, is that the authors present facts predominantly and refrain from overinterpretation of the data that they have collected. The chapter on Pheromones and Mammalian Reproduction was especially fascinating to this reviewer in that it covered a subject not usually mentioned in textbooks on reproductive physiology. The fact that body odors and the olfactory reception of these odors plays a large role in reproductive physiology among animals is readily apparent to anyone who has ever owned an animal that has gone into heat. However, the amount of work done on exactly what these pheromones are and how they may influence the choosing of a mate or the regulation of the reproductive cycle in animals has received a relatively scant amount of scientific effort, according to the article written by Dr. W. K. Whitten. I would recommend this book to anyone who is seriously interested in reproductive physiology, both as an enjoyable book to read through and as a source reference. Anyone wishing to go into greater depth in any of the areas covered by this text has available an excellent up-to-date bibliography at the end of each chapter.