Hormones and the aging process. By Earl T. Engle and Gregory Pincus, Academic Press Inc., New York, 1956. 323 pp. 15.5 × 23.5 cm. Price $8.50

Hormones and the aging process. By Earl T. Engle and Gregory Pincus, Academic Press Inc., New York, 1956. 323 pp. 15.5 × 23.5 cm. Price $8.50

658 JOURNAL OF THE -4MERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL evaluation of evidence relative t o the actions, uses, dosage, hazards, and other significant properties...

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evaluation of evidence relative t o the actions, uses, dosage, hazards, and other significant properties of individual drugs. The Council apparently believes that prompt publication of significant information on each new basic drug will make it possible for the physician to judge what combinations are desirable in specific cases. N N R 1956 contains 58 new monographs on drugs not previously described. In the revision of the 1955 edition, seven monographs were omitted for drugs which are considered well-known because of their inclusion in NNR, U. S. P., or N. F. for the accumulative period of twenty years or which arc no longer available. New and Nono&iul Remedies for many years has been an important reference book for the medical and pharmaceutical professions. The fact that certain information relating to dosage forms and names of distributors has been omitted may impair its value as a reference book for pharmacists, but this information is readily available elsewhere. N N R 1956 should be a part of the library of every pharmacy where authentic and unbiased information about the therapeutic value of new drugs is needed.

PrincipLes of Fungicidal Action. (Vol. 30 of “New Series of Plant Science Books.”) The Chronica Botanica Company, Waltham, Mass., and Hafner Publishing Company New York City, 1956. xxiii 279 pp. 15.5x 23.5 cm. Price $3.50.

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This book is a compilation of available informa tion on mechanisms of fungicidal action, with distinctions between permeation and inherent toxicity. The text opens with a chronological listing of important events in fungicidal history from 1000 B.C. to 1952 and a brief introduction. This is followed by chapters on: fungicidal action and its measurement, protection and its measurement, mobilization of a residual protectant, permeation into the fungus, disruption of cellular organization, effect on mitosis, morphology and growth, effect on metabolism of the fungus, chelation of needed

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metals, the action of metals, the action of sulfur. action of organic sulfur compounds, action of quinones and other ketones, action of heteocyclic compounds, and chemotherapy of plant diseases. -1 bibliography, a general index, and a n author index are appended. The book should be useful to plant pathologists and it is a good reference book for those interested in the field of insecticides and fungicides.

Hormones and the Aging Process. By EARL T. ENGLEand GREGORY PINCUS.ACADEMICPRESS INC.,New York, 1956. 323 pp. 15.5 x 23.5 cm. Price $8.50. This book is a record of a symposium on the relationship of hormones t o the process of aging, which was held in May 1955. The scope of the symposium is indicated by the titles of the contributed papers: aging and urinary steroid excretion, effect of aging on the steroid metabolism as reflected in plasma levels, the thyroid in the aging process, urinary excretion of gonadotropin a s a function of age, hormonal regulation of muscle development, steroids and protein metabolism in experimental animals, androgenic and anabolic action of testosterone derivatives, naturally occurring pathology in the aging rat, effects of hormones on protein metabolism, the role of steroids in calcium and phosphorus metabolism, newer techniques in the study of calcium metabolism in man and effects of hormones thereon, mechanisms regulating fluid and electrolyte metabolism, steroid hormones in osteoporosis, sex steroid replacement in the aging individual, effects of steroids in women with breast cancer, endocrine regulation of prostatic growth, the effects of some of the steroid hormones on the metabolic balances in aged males, and cerebral metabolism in the aging process: the steroid factor. The discussion after the presentation of each paper is included in the text. Appended author and subject indexes make the book a useful reference volume.

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1955 Vacuum Symposium Transaclions. Comniit- The Examination of ,Vew Organic Compounds. By tee on Vacuum Techniques, Inc., Boston, Mass., WALTERT . SMITH,JR., and RALPHL. SHRINER. 1956. vii 101 pp. 22 x 29 cm. Price $10. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1956. vii Chemical Who’s Who 1956. By WINFIELDSCOTT 136 pp. 21.5x 29 cm. Price $3.50. DOWNS and WILLIAMS HAYNES.Lewis His- Apotekens Register over Stundardforpackade Laketorical Publishing Company, Inc., New York, medell956. Victor Pettersons Bokmdustri Aktie1956. xvi 1267 pp. 15.5 x 23.5 cm. bolag, Stockholm, Sweden, 1956. vii 528 pp. 18 x 23 cm. Blukislon’s New Gould Medical Dictionary. 2nd ed. By NORMANDL. HOERR and ARTHUROSOL. Currents in Biochemical Research 1956. By DAVID McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., X e w York, E. GREEN. Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, 1956. xvi 1956. xxvi 1463 pp. 17.5 x 25.5 cm. Price 697 pp. I6 x 28.5 cm. Price $10. $11.50.

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