Book Reviews

Biological Effects of Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields Shoogo Ueno, ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1996, ISBN: 0-306-45292, x + 243 pp., $79.50.

The Melatonin Hypothesis, Breast Cancer and Use of Electric Power R. Stevens, B. Wilson, and L. Anderson, eds. Battelle Press, Columbus, OH, 1997, ISBN: 1-57477-020-9, xiv + 760 pp., $87.50.

Systemic Cancer-Multistep-Therapy(in German), by Manfred von Ardenne P. G. Reitnauer, ed., Hippokrates V., Stuttgart, 1997, ISBN: 3 7773 1297-5, 304 pp., DM98.

Charge Transfer Complexes in Biological Systems F. Gutman, C. Johnson, H. Keyzer, and J. Molnar, eds. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1997, ISBN: 0-8247-9986-0, xviii + 543 pp., $195.

Chemistry and Chemical Technique-Special Dictionary: English-German Technical University Dresden, ed. Langenscheidt, Berlin, 1997, ISBN: 3-86117-079-5, 807 pp., DM 198.     

Die Ablaktions-Pfropfung,eine vielseitige Virusinfektionsmethode für Kartoffeln

Abstract

Roder, W.; Feyerabend, G.; Rogoll, H.: Landwirtschaftlicher Pflanzenschutz. 560 S., 217 Abb. Berlin: VEB Dt. Landwirtschaftsverlag, 1975. Reviewed by D. Spaar.

Libbert, E. (Hrsg.): Kompendium der allgemeinen Biologie. 1. Aufl. 474 S., 179 Abb., 12 Tab. Jena: VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1976. Reviewed by J. Richter.

Kllinkowski, M.; Mühle, E.; Reinmuth, E.; Bochow, H.: Phytopathologie und Pflanzenschutz. 2., überarbeitete u. erweiterte Aufl. 3. Bd. 914 S., 523 Abb. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1976. Reviewed by D. Spaar.

Börner, H.: Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz. 2., überarb. Aufl., 419 S., 74 Abb. Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer, 1975. Reviewed by W. Lehmann.     

Propiono-Carmine Squash Technic and Chromosome Spreading in Algae

A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO ABSTRACTS OF BOOKS AND PAPERS FROM OTHER JOURNALS DEALING WITH STAINS AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIC IN GENERAL

DAVENPORT, HAROLD A. Histological and Histochemical Technics. 401 pages, 5 tables, 27 figures. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, Pa. $7.00. 1960.

EMIG, WILLIAM H. Microtechnique; Text and Laboratory Exercises. 96 pages, 8 tables. 7 figures. 10 × 7 inches, linolok binding. William H. Emig. 2621 E. Wilamette Ave., Colorado Springs, Colorado. $3.00. 1959.

LIEFSON, EINAR. Atlas of Bacterial Flagellation. 171 pages. 14 tables. 69 figures (many of which contain 10-20 separate illustrations). 9 × 6 inches. Academic Press Inc., Ill Fifth Ave., New York 3, N. Y. $7.00. 1960.

PEARSE, A. G. E. Histochemistry, Theoretical and Applied. 998 pages, 10 colored plates, 254 black and white illustrations, 53 tables. 9 1/4 × 6 1/4. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. $20.00. 1960.

STECHER, PAUL G.; FINKEL, M. J., SIEGMUND, O. H., and SZAFRANSKI, B. M. The Merck Index of Chemicals and Drugs, 7th Ed. 1641 pages, 10 × 7 1/2 inches. Publications Department of Merck and Company, Inc., Rahway, N. J. $12.00. 1960.

MICROSCOPE AND OTHER APPARATUS TISCHENDORF, FRIEDRICH. Vitalmikroskopie und terminale Strombahn. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der “transparent chamber”-und “quartz rod illumination”-Methode. Zschr. wiss. Mikr., 64, 336-55. 1960.

ANIMAL MICROTECHNIC BARGEN, G. v. and WESSING, A. Lebendbeobachtungen an in vitro kultivierten Fischzellen. Zschr. wiss. Mikr., 64, 356-61. 1960.

HISTOCHEMISTRY ADAMS, C. W. M., and DAVIDSON, A. N. The histochemical identification of myelin phosphoglycerides by their ferric hydroxamates. J. Neurochem., 3, 347-51. 1959.

DE ALMEIDA, D. F., and PEARSE, A. G. E. Comparative histochemistry of lipids in relation to myelination in rabbit brain. J. Neurochem. 3, 132-8. 1959.     

Book Reviews

A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO ABSTRACTS OF BOOKS AND PAPERS FROM OTHER JOURNALS DEALING WITH STAINS AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIC IN GENERAL

CONN, H. J., DARROW, MARY A., and EMMEL, VICTOR M. Staining Procedures, 2nd Ed. 289 pages, 9 × 6 inches, perforated; spiral plastic binding, with cardbooard covers. The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore 2, Maryland. $5.00. 1960.

GURR, EDWARD. Encyclopaedia of Microscopic Stains. 498 pages, 10 × 6 inches. The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore 2, Maryland, exclusive U. S. agents. $18.50. 1960.

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AMELUNXEN, F., and THEMANN, H. Zur Fixation mit Kaliumpermanganat. Mikroscopie, 14, 276-83. 1960.

PHOTOMICROGRAPHY MIGNANI, G., MARCHETTI, P. G., and HUSSL, B. Die Anwendung der mikroradiographischen Technik zum Studium des Knochengewebes. Mikroskopie, 14, 131-43. 1959.

DYES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL USES KAUFMAN, L., and WEAVER, R. H. Use of neutral red fluorescence for the identification of colonies of Clostridia. J. Bact., 79, 292-4. 1960.

ANIMAL MICROTECHNIC LOUIS, C. J., and WHITE, J. Fluorescein-globulin staining of cells in tissue cultures. Lab. Invest., 9, 273-82. 1960.

McFARLANE, J. E., and KENNARD, C. P. Further observations on water absorption by the eggs of Acheta domesticus (L). Canad. J. Zool., 38, 77-85. 1960.

PROVENZA, D. V., and CHENG, T. C. A simplified parlodion method for sectioning teeth; with notes on the decalcification of teeth. Trans. Am. Micr. Soc., 79, 103-4. 1960.

PLANT MICROTECHNIC DEVIDÉ, Z., and WRISCHER, M., Versuche über gasblasenfreie Plexiglas Einbettung von pflanzlichen Objecten für Ultramikrotomie. Mikroskopie, 14, 337-42. 1960.

MICROORGANISMS BORZANI, W. Measurement of gram-positiveness. J. Bact., 79, 431-3. 1960.

DEIBEL, R. H., and EVANS, J. B. Modified benzidine test for the detection of cytochrome-containing respiratory systems in microorganisms. J. Bact., 79, 356-60. 1960.

SAHAB, K. Method for demonstrating capsules of enterobacteriaceae. J. Bact., 79, 198-202. 1960.

WEIBULL, C. Counting procedures for phase contrast microscopy. J. Bact., 79, 155. 1960.

HISTOCHEMISTRY BAKER, J. R. II, HEW, H., and FISHMAN, W. H. The use of chloral hydrate formaldehyde fixative solution in enzyme histochemistry. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 244-50. 1958.

FISCHER, R., and ZALESCHUK, J. A semi-micro method for the determination of crystal violet sorbed to biological material. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 237-43. 1958.

TAKEUCHI, T. Histochemical demonstration of branching enzyme (amylo-1,4 £ 1,6-transglucosidase), in animal tissues. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 208-16. 1958.

ZUGIBE, F. T., KOPACZYK, K. C., CAPE, W. E., and LAST, J. H. A new Carbowax method for routinely performing lipid, hematoxylin and eosin and elastic staining techniques on adjacent freeze-dried or formalin-fixed sections. J. Histochem. Cytochem., 6, 133-8. 1958.     

Audio-Visual Approaches to Science Teaching

From Instinct to Intelligence/How Animals Learn by Gloria Kirshner. Grosset &; Dunlap Publishers, 51 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10010. 1970. 127 pp., $3.95. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.

A Pictorial History of Oceanographic Submersibles by James B. Sweeney, Crown Publishers, Inc., 419 Park Ave. South, New York, N.Y. 10016. 1970. 314 pp., Indexed, Bibliography. $9.95. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.

Where the Winds Sleep: Man's Future on the Moon—A Projected History by Neil P. Ruzic. Doubleday &; Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1970. 236 pp., Indexed. $5.95. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.

Hunters and Collectors by George H. T. Kimble. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 West 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10036. 1970. 48 pp., Indexed. $4.95 trade edn., $4.72 lib. edn. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.

Life in Ponds by Jean Gorvett. American Heritage Press, New York. 1920. 31 pp. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.

Discovering What Goldfish Do by Seymour Simon. McGraw-Hill Book Co., 330 West 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 1970. 47 pp. $3.95 trade edn. $3.83 lib. edn. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.

Building and Flying Scale Model Aircraft 3rd Edition by Walter A. Musciano. Herman Publishing Service, Division of Cahners Pub. Co., Inc., 221 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. 02116. 1970. 245 pp. Glossary, $7.95. Reviewed by Robert C. Hayden.     

Wirklingsvergleich äquivalenter Mengen von 2,4-D-Säure, 2,4-D-Natrium, 2,4-D-Dimethylamin und 2,4-D-Athylbutylester gegen dikotyle und monokotyle Pflanzen im Gewächshaus und Freiland

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Hahn, E.: Chemische Pflanzenschutzmittel. 2. neubearb. Auflage, 300 S., zahlreiche Abbildungen, Berlin 1970: VEB Dt. Landwirtschafts-Verlag. Reviewed by H.-H. Schmidt.

Ahrens, G.: Die Giftprüfung. Leitfaden zum Ablegen der Prüfung im Umgang mit Giften. 9. neubearbeitete Aufl., 214 S., Leipzig 1971: Johann Ambrosius Barth. Reviewed by H. Reifenstein.

Schuster G.: Virus und Viruskrankheiten. 3., erw. Auflage, 295 S., 152 Abb., Wittenberg 1972: A. Ziemsen Verlag. Reviewed by H. Kleinhempel.

Fritsche, R.; Karl, E.; Lehmann, W.; Proeseler, G.: Tierische Vektoren pflanzenpathogener Viren. 1. Auflage 521 S., 88 Abb., 27 Tab., 27 Taf., Jena 1972: VEB Gustav Fischer Verlag. Reviewed by H. Kleinhempel.

Arlt, K.; Feyerabend, G.: Herbizide und Kulturpflanzen. 1. Aufl., 1. Bd., 170 S., 38 Abb., Berlin 1972: Akademie-Verlag. Reviewed by K. Schuhmann.

Popkova, K. W.: Fitoflora kartofelja. 1. Aufl., 176 S., 9 Abb., Moskau 1972: Kolos. Reviewed by D. Spaar.

Liv?ig, I. Z.; Mitrofanov, V. I.: Kle??i roda Bryobia C. L. Koch, 1S36 (Acariformes, Bryobiidae). Bd. 51, 60 Abb., Jalta 1971. Reviewed by R. Fritzsche.

Kirjanova, E. S.; Krall, E.: Paraziticeskie Nematody Rastenij i mery bor'ba s nimi. 1. Aufl., Band I und II, 447 S. (Bd. I); 522 S. (Bd. II); 357 Abb. (Bd. I); 491 Abb. (Bd. II), Leningrad 1969 (Bd. I), 1971 (Bd. II): Nauka. Reviewed by H. Decker.

Jermoljev, E. H.; Pozděna, J.: Serologie rostlinných patogenu. 261 S., 65 Abb., Praha 1972: Academia. Reviewed by L. Albrechtová.

Brcák, J.: Vztahy rostlinných viru k prenasecum. 318 S., 50 Abb., Praha 1971: Academia. Reviewed by J. Chod.

Kiraly, Z.; Szalay-Marzsó, L. (Editor): Biochemical and Ecological Aspects of Plant-Parasite Relations 1. Auflage, 1. Band. 425 S. Budapest 1971 Akademiaè Kiadó. Reviewed by D. Spaar.

Horváth, J.: Növényvfrusok, vektorok, virusátvitel. 514 S., 89 Abb., 61 Tab., Budapest 1972: Akadémiai Kiadó. Reviewed by R. Fritzsche.

Mededelingen van de faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen Rijksuniversiteit Gent. Heft 35, Nr. 2, 402 S., zahlr. Abb. u. Tab., Gent 1970: Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen. Reviewed by R. Zielke.

O'Brien, R. D.; Yamamoto, I.: Biochemical Toxicology of Insecticides. 218 S., 35 Abb., 44 Tab., New York, London 1970: Academic Press. Reviewed by H. Beitz.

Nord, E. F. (Ed.): Advances in Enzymology. vol. 33, 595 S., 114 Abb., 52 Tab., New York, London, Sydney, Toronto 1970: Interscience Publishers, a division of John Wiley &; Sons, Inc. Reviewed by H. Hofferek.

Jager, K. W.: Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin &; Telodrin. 234 S., 25 Abb., 55 Tab., Amsterdam, London, New York 1970: Elsevier Publishing Company. Reviewed by R. Fritzsche.     

Besprechung

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Klinkowski, M.; Mühle, E.; Reinmuth, E.; Bochow, H.; Phytopathologie und Pflanzenschutz 2. Auflage, 820 S., 1. Band, 231 Abb., Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1973. Reviewed by D. Spaar.

Israilskij, V. P. (Ed.): Rukovodstvo dlja izu?enia bakterialnych boleznei rastenij 3. Aufl. 343 S., 12 Abb., 12 Tab. Moskau: Kolos 1968. Reviewed by D. Spaar.

Vrånceanu, A. V.: Floarea-Soarelui 322 S., 80 Abb. Bucuresti: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste, Romania 1974. Reviewed by R. Fritzsche.

Birger, M. O.: Spravo?nik po mikrobiologiěeskim i virusologiěeskim metodam issledovanija. 2. Aufl. 456 S., 6 Abb., 82 Tab. Moskau: Medizin 1973. Reviewed by W. Ficke.

Verderevskaja, T.D.; Lemanova, N.B.; Abramenko, N. M. (Herausgeber): Virusnye bolesni plodovo-jagodnych kultur i vinograda v Moldavii. Band I, 180 S., 9 Abb., Ki?inev: Kartja moldovenjaské 1973. Reviewed by H. Kegler.

Verderevskaja, T. D.; Lemanova, N. B.; Abramenko, N. M. (Herausgeber): Virusnye bolezni plodovo-jagodnych kultur i vinograda v Moldavii. Band II, 144 S., 7 Abb. Ki?inev: Kartja moldovenjaské 1973. Reviewed by H. Kleinhempel.

Wyniger, R.: Insektenzucht. 368 S., 497 Abb. Stuttgart: Eugen Ulmer 1974. Reviewed by W. Lehmann.

Buchanan, R.E.; Gibbons, N. E. (Ed.): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. 8. Aufl., 1268 S., zahlr. Abb. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins 1975. Reviewed by H. Kleinhempel.     

Book Reviews

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Structure and Function (NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series H: Cell Biology, Vol. 3) Edited by A. MAELICKE Springer-Verlag, Berlin

The Chemical Basis of Radiation Biology C. Von Sonntag Taylor & Francis

Advances in Free Radicals in Disease Corongiu, F.P., Tomasi, A. and Vannini

Modern Biological Theories of Aging Aging Series Vol. 31. WARNER, H.R., BUTLER, R.N., SPROTT, R.L. and SCHNEIDER     

Book reviews

Seeing anthropology Karl G. Heider, Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology through Film. Boston: Allyn &; Bacon, 1997. xx+347 pp., photographs, maps, glossary, bibliography; with two half‐inch NTSC videotapes totalling 3hrs., 11 mins. US $37.75 nett.

History and politics Faris, James C. Navajo and Photography: A Critical History of the Representation of an American People; xv, 392 pp., 263 illus., notes, appendix, bibliography, index. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996. $39.95 (hdbd.)

The Anthropology of Visual Communication Canevacci, Massimo, Antropologia della comunicazione visuale. Genova: Costa &; Nolan, 1995. 260 pp., photographs, bibliography. Lire 34,000, paper.     

Synthesis of Cyclic ADP-Carbocylcic-Xylose and its 3′′- O O -Methyl Analogue as Stable and Potent Ca2+-Mobilizing Agents

We previously showed that 3″-deoxy-cyclic ADP-carbocyclic-ribose (3″-deoxy-cADPcR, 3) is a stable and highly potent analogue of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR, 1), a Ca²⁺-mobilizing second messenger. From these results, we newly designed another 3″-modified analogues of cADPcR and identified the N1-“xylo”-type carbocyclic analogue, i.e., cADPcX (4), as one of the most potent cADPR-related compounds reported so far.     

Diverse scaling relationships of tree height and diameter in five tree species

Background: Allometric scaling relationships are important in ecology and forestry. The metabolic scaling theory (MST) predicts a universal invariant scaling relationship for tree growth, relating height and diameter to each other.

Aims: Data on five tree species (Pinus taeda L., Pinus virginiana Mill., Liquidambar styraciflua L., Liriodendron tulipifera L., and Pinus palustris Mill.) were used to test the predictions from MST on the scaling of height–diameter and also diameter growth.

Methods: Data on tree height and diameter for five tree species from both natural forests and plantations were collected to study two types of scaling relationships: tree height–diameter and stem diameter growth. A reduced major axis of regression analysis model type II was used to determine scaling exponents from each species under different environmental conditions.

Results: No universal invariant scaling exponent was found in height–diameter and diameter growth for the five species. The scaling varied across natural forests, plantations and scales (e.g., time and number of measured trees). However, in some situations the scaling exponents failed to show significant difference with the predicted values (e.g., 2/3 or 1).

Conclusions: Diverse scaling exponents were observed for the five tree species with the scaling relationships varying with environmental settings.     

Book reviews

Patterns of thought in Africa and the West: Essays on magic, religion and science , by Robin Horton. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997. xi, 471pp., figures, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–521–36926–6 (paperback).

Women's experiences with HIV/AIDS: An international perspective , edited by Lynellyn D. Long and E. Maxine Ankrah. Columbia University Press, New York, 1996. x, 426pp., tables, references, notes on contributors, index. ISBN 0–231–10605‐X (paperback).

A healing place: Indigenous visions for personal empowerment and community recovery , by Kayleen M. Hazelhurst. Central Queensland University Press, Rockhampton, 1996. xiii, 274pp., notes, illustrations, references. ISBN 0–908140–87–8 (paperback).

Reading the skin: Adornment, display and society among the Wahgi , by Michael O'Hanlon. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1989. 139pp., map, photographs, orthography and kinship terms, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–86333–003–8 (hardback).

Paradise: Portraying the New Guinea Highlands , by Michael O'Hanlon. Crawford House Press, Bathurst, 1993. 99pp., maps, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–86333–078‐X (paperback).

To sing with pigs is human: The concept of person in Papua New Guinea , by Jane C. Goodale. University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1995. xvi, 269pp., map, tables, figure, musical scores, photographs, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–295–94736–2 (paperback).

Resplendent sites, discordant voices: Sri Lankans and international tourism , by Malcolm Crick. Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, 1994. x, 237pp., maps, tables, photographs, bibliography, index. ISBN 3–7186–5564–0 (hardback).

Impasse of the angels: Scenes from a Moroccan space of memory , by Stefania Pandolfo. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997. xi, 389pp., photograph, notes, index. ISBN 0–226–64532–0 (paperback).

Mal'uocchiu: Ambiguity, evil eye, and the language of distress , by Sam Migliore. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1997. xiv, 159pp., tables, figures, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 0–8020–7922–9 (paperback).

Satmar: Two generations of an urban island: The life, thought and culture of an Hasidic Jewish community in America , by Israel Rubin. Peter Lang, New York, 1997. xii, 341pp., tables, figures, notes, index. ISBN 0–8204–0759–3 (hardback).

UFO crash at Roswell: The genesis of a modern myth , by Benson Saler, Charles A. Ziegler and Charles B. Moore. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, 1997. xii, 198pp., maps, tables, figures, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. ISBN 1–56098–751–0 (hardback).     

Laboratory Hints from the Literature

Chaze, J. Sur le mode de formation et la detection des alcaloides dans la plantule de tabac. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 5, 253. 1928.

Nan, Yao. Sur un fixateur cytologique particulièrement adapté aux tissues des insectes. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 4, 71, 1927.

Reichardt, H., and Wetzel, A. Paraffineinbettungsmethode nach vorhergegangener Zelloidindurchtränkung unter Vermeidung der härtenden Intermedien, Xylol, Benzol, Chloroform. Zeit. f. wiss. Mikr., 45, 476-479. 1928.

Erb, N. M. A rapid stain for direct miroscopic examination of milk. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 14, 377. 1929.

Galesesco, P., and Bratiano, S. Coloration des graisses par l'extrait alcoolique de Daucus carota. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol., 99, 1460. 1928.

Goldner, J' Résultats obtenus chez la seiche par l'emploi de divers colorants vitaux Comp. Rend. Soc. Biol., 99, 1323. 1928.

Hadjioloff, A. Une modification rapide de la méthode de Weigert-Pal. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 5, 431-434. 1928.

Hausdorf, G. Farbung zur Darstellung reifer Samenzellen im Hodenschnittpraparat. Zeit. f. wiss. Mikr., 44, 327-328. 1927.

Houcke, E. Emploi des colorants mixtes en technique histologique. Comp. Rend. Soc. Biol., 99, 783. 1928.

Houcke, E. Emploi des mélanges de fuchsines et de blues basiques pour la coloration histologique. Comp. Rend. Soc. Biol., 99, 786. 1928.

Houcke, E. Emploi du mélange rhodamine-blue de méthylène dans la coloration des tissus splénique et lymphcïde. Comp. Rend. Soc. Biol., 99, 788. 1928.

Lillie, R. D. Erne Schnellmethode zur Toluidinblau-Schleimfarbung. Zeit. f. wiss. Mikr., 45, 381. 1928.

Ochs, Georg Wilhelm. Über den Einfluss der Temperatur auf die Färbung von Blutausstrich-Präparaten. Folia Hematologica, 37, 241-257. 1928.

Verne, Jean. Une nouvelle coloration élective de la myeline. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 5, 223-224. 1928.     

Relative Desiccation Survival Potential of Two Root-Knot Nematode Species,Meloidogyne Incognita and M. Triticoryzae and Relationship With Their Habitat and Cuticle Characteristics*

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Horsfall, J. G. (Ed.): Annual Review of Phytopathology. Vol. 4. VII + 423 S. Palo Alto, 1966: Annual Reviews, Inc. Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by K. Naumann.

Gregory, P. H. und Monteith, J. L. (Ed.): Airborne microbes. Seventeenth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Imperial College, London April 1967. XII + 385 S., mit Abb. u. Tab. London, 1967: Cambridge University Press, Leinenrücken, 75 s. Reviewed by H. J. Müller.

Raper, J. R.: Genetics of sexuality in higher fungi. VIII + 283 S., mit Abb. u. Tab., New York, 1966: The Ronald Press Company, Leinen, 12,00 $. Reviewed by M. Schmiedeknecht.

Albrecht, F. O.: Polymorphisme phasaire et biologie des acridiens migrateurs. X + 194 S., 52 Abb. Paris, 1967: Masson et Cie, Éditeurs, karton., 50 F. Reviewed by R. Fritzsche.

Wigglesworth, V. B.: Insect physiology. VII + 134 S., 12 Abb., London, 1966: Methuen &; Co Ltd., brosch., 10 s 6 d. Reviewed by G. Schäller.

Machlis, L. (Ed.): Annual Review of Plant Physiology. Vol. 18. VIII + 480 S., mit Abb. u. Tab., Palo Alto, Ca., 1967: Annual Reviews, Inc., Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Newton, B. A. und Reynolds, P. E. (Ed.): Biochemical studie of antimicrobial drugs. (Sixteenth symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the Royal Institution, London, April 1966). X + 349 S., mit Abb. u. Tab., London, 1966: Cambridge University Press, Halbleinen, 60 s. Reviewed by H. J. Müller.

Pilet, P.-É.: La cellule, structure et fonctions. 406 S., 310 Abb.; 32 ganzs. Abb., Paris 1966: Schwarz-Weiß-Tafeln. Masson et Cie, Editeurs, brosch. 38 F. Reviewed by K. Schmelzer.

Ciba (Ed.): Dimecron 257 S. Basle, Switzerland, 1967: P.O. Box — CIBA — Kunststoff Reviewed by Horst Beitz.

Bellamy, L. J.: Ultrarot-Spektrum und chemische Konstitution. 2. Auflage, 325 S., 11 Abb., 23 Tab. Darmstadt, 1966: Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag, kart., 28,— DM Reviewed by Volker Müller.

Bahr, G. F.; Zeitler, E. H. (Ed.): Quantitative electron microscopy. 1965, VIII + 605 (1340) S., mit Abb. u. Tab., Leinen, 16,00 $, Baltimore (Md.), The Williams &; Wilkins Company. Reviewed by H. B. Schmidt.     

Weather Forecasting: The View from Space…

Findley, James S.; Harris, Arthur H.; Wilson, Don E.; and Jones, Clyde Mammals of New Mexico Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1975 360 pp., $8.50 Reviewed by Vagn Flyger

Piers, Helen Grasshopper and Butterfly New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 80 pp., $5.95, library edition $5.72 Reviewed by N. N. Raghuvir

Gergely, Tibor Animals: A Picture Book of Facts and Figures New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 47 pp., $5.95, library edition $5.72 Reviewed by Theodore W. Munch

Johnsgard, Paul A. Waterfowl of North America Bloomington, Indiana University Press 1975,575 pp. Reviewed by Kate Curry Vahle

Jacobson, Daniel The Fishermen (Indians of North America) New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1975 87 pp., $4.90 Reviewed by Robert W. Boenig

Janzen, Daniel H. Ecology of Plants in the Tropics (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology, No. 58) London: Edward Arnold (Distributed by Crane, Russak &; Co., New York), 1975 65 pp., $3.75 Reviewed by Rex E. Kerstetter

London, Carolyn The Hospital Doctors, Nurses and Mystery Workers New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1976 86 pp., $5.72 Library Edition Reviewed by Philip C. Anderson

Buxton, Ralph Nature's Gliders Chicago: Children's Press, 1975 32 pp., individuals $6.60, institutions $4.95 Reviewed by Sue Hall

Clarke, H. T. (revised by B. Haynes) A Handbook of Organic Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative (fifth edition) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 291 pp., cloth $35.00, paper $16.00 Reviewed by Lawrence Powell Eblin

Simon, Seymour Discovering What Garter Snakes Do New York: McGraw-Hill Junior Books, 1975 48 pp., $4.72 Reviewed by Carl Gans

Dobbs, Austen, ed. The Birds of Nottinghamshire: Past and Present North Pomfret, Vt.: David &; Charles, 1975 226 pp., $17.00 Reviewed by Gerald R. Rising

Ashworth, J. M., and Dee, Jennifer The Biology of Slime Moulds (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology, No. 56) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., Inc., 1975 67 pp., $3.75 Reviewed by Emanuel D. Rudolph

Exline, Joseph D. Individualized Techniques for Teaching Earth Science West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Publishing Co., 1975 230 pp., $10.95 Reviewed by Waring B. Hill

Stadtfeld, Curtis K. Whitetail Deer: A Year's Cycle New York: The Dial Press, 1975 163 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by Paul F. Connor

Carrier, Rick Fly: The Complete Book of Sky Sailing New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975 128 pp., $7.95 Reviewed by A.D. Goddard

Duncan, Wilbur H. Woody Vines of the Southeastern United States Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1975 76 pp., $2.50 Reviewed by A. J. Sharp

Barnes, R. S. K. Estuarine Biology (The Institute of Biology's Studies in Biology no. 49) New York: Crane, Russak &; Co., 1975 76 pp., $3.25 Reviewed by Brother G. Nicholas

Bendick, Jeanne How Heredity Works: Why Living Things Are As They Are (Finding-out books) New York: Parent's Magazine Press, 1975 64 pp., $4.59 Reviewed by Donald J. Nash     

Laboratory Hints from the Literature

Fry, H. J. A paraffin method for serially sectioning a minute object in a known plane. Anat. Rec., 34, 245-252. 1927.

Kisser, J. and Anderson, B. B. Method of preparing thin cross and longitudinal sections of cotton fibers and its importance in cell wall research. Am. J. Bot., 15, 437. 1928.

Sweany, H. C. System of sputum analysis for the presence of acid-fast bacilli. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 14, 547-557. 1929.

Terry, B. T. Improvement in technic and results made in examining microscopically by the razor section method 2000 malignant tissues. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 14, 519. 1929.

Belling, J. A method for the study of chromosomes in pollen-mother-cells. Univ. of Cal. Publs, in Bot., 14, 293-299. 1928.

Cartwright, K. St. G. A satisfactory method of staining fungal mycelium in wood sections. Ann. Bot., 43, 412. 1929.

Dolfini, G. Su un nuovo metodo di colorazione dei grassi. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 6, 137. 1929.

Doubrow, S. Un procédé rapide de coloration des bacilles de Koch dans les coupes histologiques. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 6, 142. 1929.

Hadjioloff, A. Coloration des graisses par quelques pigments naturels. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 5, 183. 1929.

Joyet-Lavergne, Ph. La recherche qualitative du glutathion. Bull. d'Histol. Prac., 5, 331-349.

Levine, M. A method for staining connective tissue mast cells. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 14, 172. 1928.

Martens, P. Les structures nucléaires et chromosomiques dans la cellule vivante et dans la cellule fixée. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 5, 229-252. 1928.

Parker, F. P. A technic for staining red blood cells for measurement of cell diameters by the projection method. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 14, 663. 1929.

Parker, F. P. and Lewis, G. T. Microscopic projections in the measurements of erythrocytes. J. Lab. & Clin. Med., 14, 664. 1929.

Pergola, M. Substrati al tellurito e colorasione ridotta nella ricerca e dimostrazione del bacillo difterico. Bull, dell' 1st. Sieroterapico Milanese, 7, 585-598. 1928.

Volkonsky, M. Sur une nouvelle modification de la technique d'Altman. Bull. d'Histol. Appl., 5, 220-222. 1928.

Webber, J. M. Smear method for the study of chromosomes. Univ. of Cal. Publs. in Bot., 14, 345-352. 1929.     

Buchbesprechungen

Morris, C. J. O. R.; Morris, P.: Separation methods in biochemistry. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., 1964, 887 S., 155 Abb., Leinen, £ 5, 15 s. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Neuman, M.: Vade-mecum des antibiotiques et agents chimiothérapiques anti-infectieun. Paris, Librairie Maloine G. Doin et Cie Editeurs, 1962, 410 S., 8 Abb.; 15 Tab., Karton. 40,00 NF. Reviewed by Thren.

Umbreit, W. W.: Modern microbiology. San Francisco und London, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1962, 507 S., 307 Abb., Leinen, 48 s. Reviewed by H. J. Müller.

Gold, V.: pH-Measurements. Their theory and practice. London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1963, 125 S., 11 Abb., Leinen, 10 s 6 d. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Horsfall, J. G. (Ed.): Annual review of phytopathology. Vol. 1, Palo Alto, Annual Reviews, Inc., 1963, 469 S., 6 Abb., Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by M. Schmiedeknecht.

Rubin, B. A.; Artsikhovskaya, Ye. V.: Biochemistry and physiology of plant immunity. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1963, IX und 358 S., 68 Abb., Leinen, £ 5. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Nord, F. F. (Ed.): Advances in Enzymology. Vol. 24, New York und London, Interscience Publishers a division of John Wiley & Sons, 1962, 572 S., 23 Abb., Leinen, 120 s. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Nord, F. F. (Ed.): Advances in Enzymology. Vol. 25, New York und London, Interscience Publishers a division of John Wiley & Sons, 1963, 565 S., 56 Abb., Leinen, 115 s. Reviewed by H. Wolffgang.

Forbes, J.: A laboratory manual for histology. 2. Aufl., New York, Fordham University Press, 1961, 132 S., 3 Abb., brosch., 3,00 $. Reviewed by J. H. Scharf.

Guaoliumi, P.: Las Plagas de la Caña de Azucar en Venezuela. Bd. 1 und 2, Maracay/Yenezuela, Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria Centro de Investigaciones Agronoinicas, 1962, 850 S., 212 Abb., 14 ganzs. Farbtafeln, brosch., 8,00 $. Reviewed by G. Fröhlich.

Clifton, C. E. (Ed.): Annual review of microbiology. Vol. 17, Palo Alto, Annual Reviews, Inc., 1963, 628 S., 19 Abb., Leinen, 9,00 $. Reviewed by K. Naumann.

Ramschandran, G. N. (Ed.): Aspects of protein structure. Proceedings of a symposium held in Madras 14–18 January 1963 and organized by the University of Madras. London und New York, Academic Press, 1963, 380 S., 130 Abb., Leinen, 84 s. Reviewed by P. Hermann.     

Book reviews

Hugh Honour, THE IMAGE OF THE BLACK IN WESTERN ART, IV FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO WORLD WAR I, Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard University Press, 1989; part i, 379 pp., 196 ill., part ii, 306 pp., 183 ill., £34.95 each volume.

Deborah Willis‐Thomas, AN ILLUSTRATED BIO‐BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS, 1940–1988, New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989, 483 pp., $85.00.

John Hutchinson, THE DYNAMICS OF CULTURAL NATIONALISM: THE GAELIC REVIVAL AND THE CREATION OF THE IRISH NATION STATE, London: Allen and Unwin, 1987, viii + 343 pp., £38.00.

Arthur Aughey, UNDER SIEGE: ULSTER UNIONISM AND THE ANGLO‐IRISH AGREEMENT, London: Hurst & Co, 1989, xv + 214 pp., £18.50.

Richard Jenkins (ed.), NORTHERN IRELAND: STUDIES IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE, London: Avebury, 1989, xii + 197 pp., £23.50.

J. I. Little, NATIONALISM, CAPITALISM, AND COLONIZATION IN NINETEENTH‐CENTURY QUEBEC: THE UPPER ST. FRANCIS DISTRICT, Kingston, Montreal, London: McGill‐Queen's University Press, 1989, 336 pp., £31.45.

Basdeo Mangru, BENEVOLENT NEUTRALITY: INDIAN GOVERNMENT POLICY AND LABOUR MIGRATION TO BRITISH GUIANA 1854–1884, London: Hansib, 1987, 267 pp., £12.95.

Carole Marks, FAREWELL ‐ WE'RE GOOD AND GONE: THE GREAT BLACK MIGRATION, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1989, x + 209 pp., $37.50 and $12.95 (paper).

James R. Grossman, LAND OF HOPE: CHICAGO, BLACK SOUTHERNERS, AND THE GREAT MIGRATION, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989, 384 pp., £23.95.

Robert M. Jiobu, ETHNICITY AND ASSIMILATION: BLACKS, CHINESE, FILIPINOS, JAPANESE, KOREANS, MEXICANS, VIETNAMESE AND WHITES, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1988, np.

John M. MacKenzie (ed.), IMPERIALISM AND POPULAR CULTURE, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989, 264 pp., (illus.), £10.95 (paper).

Anne Phillips, THE ENIGMA OF COLONIALISM: BRITISH POLICY IN WEST AFRICA, James Currey and Indiana University Press, vii + 184 pp., £25.00 and £8.95 (paper).

John Darwin, BRITAIN AND DECOLONISATION: THE RETREAT FROM EMPIRE IN THE POST‐WAR WORLD, London: Macmillan, 1988, xiii + 383 pp., £33.00, and £9.95 (paper).

Tony Kushner and Kenneth Lunn (eds), TRADITIONS OF INTOLERANCE: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON FASCISM AND RACE DISCOURSE IN BRITAIN, Manchester University Press, 1989, 245 pp., £29.95.     

Book Review

A DEPARTMENT DEVOTED TO ABSTRACTS OF BOOKS AND PAPERS FROM OTHER JOURNALS DEALING WITH STAINS AND MICROSCOPIC TECHNIC IN GENERAL

RILEY, JAMES F. The Mast Cells. 182 pp., 65 figures. Size 81/2 by 10 inches. Price $6.75. E. and S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburgh and London. 1959. Agent in the U. S. A., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore 2, Md.

MICROSCOPE AND OTHER APPARATUS GARIN, A., and THELLIER, M. Méthode de microdétermination et de microdosage de Bore dans une solution ou un tissu végétal par activation aux neutrons et examen microscopique des autoradiographies. Bull. d'Micr. Appl., Ser. 2, 8, 129-48. 1958.

KUHL, W., and FISCHER, H. Vertikal-, Horizontal-, und Umkehrmikroskop, in Verbindung mit einer Filmkamera, mit schnellem Funktionswechsel und geringem Gewicht. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 64, 73-83. 1959.

MAI, G., and HEINE, U. Beschreibung einer Mikrofilmeinrichtung mit Zeitraffung. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 64, 65-72. 1959.

TERTIAN, ROBERT, and TRILLAT, JEAN-JACQUES. Les applications du titane en microscopie électronique. Bull. d'Micr. Appl., Ser. 2, 8, 1-6. 1958.

MICROTECHNIC IN GENERAL HIRSCH, TH. v., and BOELLAARD, J. W. Methacrylsäureester als Einbettungsmittel in der Histologie. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 64, 24-9. 1958.

PIEKARSKI, G. Über mikroskopisch erfassbare Rückstände in einigen sog. flüchtigen organischen Fixierungsmitteln. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 63, 499-502. 1958.

WALTER, FRIEDRICH. Die Wirkungsweise der Fliessbewegung von Polymethacrylate bei der Herstellung von Ultradünnschnitten. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 64, 106-10. 1959.

ARVY, LUCIE. Mise en évidence simultanée des lipides figués et des substances métachromatique. Bull. Micr. Appl., Ser. 2, 8, 120-124. 1958.

DE GROODT, M., LAGASSE, A., and SEBRUYNS, M. Vesikulationsvorgänge der Blut-Luftschranke der Lunge. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 64, 90-4. 1959.

JUSTER, M. Contribution a l'étude du tissue osseux non dimeneralisé. Bull. Micr. Appl., Ser. 2, 9, 34-36. 1959.

PONLOT, ROBERT. L'intérět du noir Soudan B en histologie des os. Bull. Micr. Appl., Ser. 2, 8, 125-126. 1958.

WUNDERLICH, H. Blutzählkammern mit fluoreszierender Netzteilung für Fluoreszenzuntersuchungen. Zschr. wiss. Mikr. 64, 47-9. 1958.

PLANT MICROTECHNIC HEIMBURGER, M. Cytotaxonomic studies in the genus Anemone. Canad. J. Bot. 37, 587-612. 1959.

MORRISON, J. W. Cytogenetic studies in the genus Hordeum. I. Chromosome morphology. Canad. J. Bot. 37, 527-38. 1959.

MICROORGANISMS BORZANI, W., and VAIRO, M. L. R. Quantitative adsorption of crystal violet by dead microorganisms. J. Bact., 77, 757-9. 1959.