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OF THE AMERICANPHARMACEUTICAL
Vitnrnin B,?. Merck Service Bulletin. Merck and
Co., Inc., Chemical Division, Rahway, hTew
Jersey, 1958. 193 pp. 15 X 23 cm.
This latest volume in the series of Merck Service
Bulletins presents a comprehensive coverage of
information on vitamin B,?. It is directed partic-
ularly to the pharmaceutical manufacturer, but it
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pharmacy and related fields. Author and subject
indexes are appended.
Czerhoslorcik Fine Chenzicals Standards. 1.01. 2.
M. Sedeljak, editor. Chemapol, Praha 11, Dynamic Anatomy and Physiology. By L. L
Czechoslovakia, 1957. 414 pp. 12 X 21 cm.
This book (in English) is published by Chemapol,
a foreign trade corporation for the import and export
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JOURSAL,45, 820( 1956).
Cahiers de Synthfse Organique. 1-01. 4. By Jean text has many illustrations and includes a color atlas
Mathieu and Andre Allais. Masson e t Cie., 120, of the human body. An index is appended.
Boulevard Saint-Germain, Paris 6, France, 1958.
2 2 pp. 15 X 22 cm. Price 5500 F.
This fourth volume continues the series relative
to the elaboration o f molecular structures. I t in-
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related principles; descriptions of the mechanisms,
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starti ig materials, products obtaiiied, condensing
agents and solvents, yields, and references. A reca-
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Prinriples of Resmrrh in Biology and Medicine. By
Dwight J. Ingle. J. B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia, 1958. xv + 123 pp. 15 X 23 cin.
Price $4.75.
This book is directed to students who are preparing
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The author states: “The student of truth must also
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The Cheinislry and Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis.
3rd ed. B y Esmorid R. Long. T h e IVilliarns &
n’ilkins Company, Baltimore, 1958. xviii
450 pp. 15 X 23 cm. Price $12.
This third edition follows the style and chapter
arrangement of the second edition but the text has
been rewritten to include the many recent advances
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ASSOCIATION Vol. XLVII, No. 11
Veterinary Anaesthesia. 4th ed. By John G.
Wright. The Williams 81 Wilkins Company,
Baltimore, 1957. xiii + 317 pp. 14 X 22 cm.
Price $5.75.
This fourth edition of a book which apparently
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brought up to date and represents the latest ac-
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T h e text is divided into 33 chapters and a n index is
appended.
Langley, E. Cheraskin, and Ruth Sleeper. Mc-
Graw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York, 1958.
viii +
719 pp. 15.5 X 23 cm. Price $6.
This textbook presents a concise course on anat-
tegrated into the instructive requirements for junior
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Clinical Enzymology. Edited by Gustav J. Martin.
Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1958. viii +
241 pp. 15 X 23.5 cm. Price $6.
This book presents the case for the parenteral ad-
ministration of enzymes. The text is divided under
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a subject index is appended.
dlethods in Medical Research. Vol. 7. Warren 1..
Warren, editor-in-chief. The Year Book Pub-
lishers, Inc., Chicago, 1958. xiii +237 pp. 14
X 21.5 m i . Price $7.50.
This volume, the seventh in the series, is divided
into four main sections in which the contributed
articles were grouped by the associate editors under
the headings: Chemical investigation of muscular
tissues, Hemodynamic methods-heart and lungs,
Methods for the study of human leukocytes, and
Methods for study of the histology and cytology of
the retina. References are given for each article,
and subject and name indexes are appended.
Inn Exrhange Resins. 2nd ed. By Robert Kunin.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1958. xiii
+ 466 pp. 15 X 23 cm. Price 811.
+ The second edition of this book is designed to
serve the purpose of an introductory text and appli-
cations guide, just as was the first edition, which was
reviewed in THISJOURNAL,40, 219(1951). How-
ever, many of the developments have grown to such
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chapters arc devoted to them instead of the sentence
or paragraph in the first edition, e. g., perrnselective
membranes, hydrometallurgy, sugar refining, and
specific exchange resins. T h e alphabetical list of
numbered references (referred to by number in the
text) includes 1,170 entries. Tabulated data, as
well as author and subject indexes, are appended.