The material is substantial, informative and complete with explanations of the physiology underlying nutrition, but still maintains readability appropriate for the general public. In addition, there is a summary and resource section at the end of each chapter to help guide those who wish to read more about a given topic, as well as useful appendices with growth charts, recommended daily allowan...

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...

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. By Alexander Gero. New York, The Blakiston Company, 1952. xvi + 340 pp. $5.00. This book is proposed to serve as a nexus between undergraduate organic chemistry and graduate or medical school biochemistry. An indication of its scope can be gained by a listing of the table of contents. There are two chapters on physical chemistry, single chapters on the electronic theory of...

The Weibel graticule was used to assess quantitatively histological changes in proximal jejunal mucosal biopsies from patients with Giardia lamblia infections. Most had malabsorption. A group of patients who had mild abdominal symptoms but no intestinal infection and normal absorption were the controls. There were significant differences in mean surface area (SA) measurements between patients w...