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Organic reactions. Vol. 11. Edited by Arthur C. Cope. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y., 1960. 15 × 23 cm. Price $12. vii + 501 pp
Book Notices Laboratory Manual of Medical Microbiology. By JANET B. GUNNISON. N-P Publications, 850 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, Calif., 1960. viii 243 pp. 14 X 21.5 cm. Paperbound. Price $3.50. A manual designed as a guide to laboratory work in microbiology for students of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, the book is intended for use as a reference along with mimeographed assignments on daily schedules. The teaching approach is interesting. An index is included.
dentist to special problems that may be encountered when a patient seeks dental advice while receiving medication or treatment by a physician, particularly when the medication consists of potent drugs such as corticoids, or in case histories of diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The chapter on “Fluoride Compounds” includes a discussion on dentifrices containing stannous fluoride and explains why the toothpaste Crest has been accepted for inclusion in Group B. The book includes provisions for acceptance of products, a general index, a distributors’ index, an index of current reports from the Council on Dental Therapeutics, and an index of more recent reports on products not listed in this edition, including those classified in Groups B, C, and D. A brief section on Formulas and Tables should be of particular interest t o pharmacists, and they will find ADR a useful reference source.
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Organic Reactions. Vol. 11. Edited by ARTHUR C. COPE. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., 501 pp. 15 X New York 16, N. Y., 1960. vii 23 cm. Price $12. Material covered in the eleventh volume of this important series includes : The Beckmann rearrangements, The Demjanov and Tiffeneau-Demjanov ring expansions, Arylation of unsaturated compounds by diazonium salts, The Favorskii rearrangement of haloketones, and Olefins from amines: the Hofmann elimination reaction and amine oxide pyrolysis. A subject index for this volume and cumulative chapter and author indexes for volumes 1-11 are appended.
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Theoretical and Practical Problems of Medicine and Biology in Experiments on Monkeys. Edited by I. A. UTKIN. Pergamon Press, Inc., 122 East 55th St., New York 22, N. Y., 1960. vii 276 pp. 14 X 21.5 cm. Price $9. Investigations of physiological and pathological problems in experiments on monkeys a t the Institute for Experimental Pathology and Therapeutics, USSR Academy of Medical Science, are reported in this book (translated from the Russian). The text material is divided under the three main headings: Physiology and pathology of higher nervous activity, Pathological morphology and physiology, and Infectious pathology. An index is appended.
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Drugs and Behavior. Edited by LEONARD UHR and JAMES G. MILLER. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y., 1960. xix 676 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price $10.75. The text material of this book includes 51 chapters contributed by individuals or joint authors, and is divided into two parts under the headings: The methodological, chemical, biological, and clinical context for psychopharmacology and Experimental procedures and results. Methods of study of the effects of psychoactive drugs in human subjects are discussed with particular emphasis on the full spectrum of therapeutic and psychosomatic results and behavioral toxicity of tranquilizers, energizers, psychotomimetics, etc. Although the book is designed primarily to aid the general practitioner of medicine, it is a useful reference for the pharmacist and others interested in drugs and therapeutics. An excellent subject index and an author index are included.
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Accepted Dental Remedies 1961. 26th ed. Council on Dental Therapeutics of the American Dental Association. American Dental Association, 222 E. Superior St., Chicago 11, Ill., 1961. xiv 230 pp. 15.5 X 20.5 cm. Paperbound. Price t3. The principle function of Accepted Dental Remedies (ADR) is t o provide the practicing dentist with information on the usefulness of drugs in dentistry. The 1961 edition is well designed for this purpose and for use as a handbook of dental therapeutics for students as well as practitioners. The expanded sections on dental therapeutics alert the
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Handbook of Physiology. Section 1: Neurophysiology. Vols. 1, 2, and 3. Edited by JOHN FIELD. American Physiological Society, Washington, D. C., Vol. 1. 1959; Vols. 2 and 3, 1960. Distributed by The Williams & Wilkins co., 428 East Preston St., Baltimore 2, Md. Vol. 1, 780 pp.; Vol. 2, 660 pp.; Vol. 3, 573 pp. 21.5 X 28 cm. Price: Vol. 1, $22; Vols. 2 and 3, $20. While the multi-volume Handbook of Physiology will afford a current view, it is the publisher’s intent to present the various facets of the subject in due proportion t o their importance. It will not, therefore, be devoted unduly to recent advances in the field but will cover discoveries and formulations regardless of the time they were made. Specialists in specific phases are contributors to this compilation. Separate subject indexes are included in vols. 1 and 2, and composite author and subject indexes for the 3 vols. are appended in vol. 3. Under the index entry “Historical development” the subdivision “contributors” gives an alphabetical listing. This type of listing would be useful in books on other sciences. The series is an excellent addition to the medical reference library.
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dentist to special problems that may be encountered when a patient seeks dental advice while receiving medication or treatment by a physician, particularly when the medication consists of potent drugs such as corticoids, or in case histories of diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The chapter on “Fluoride Compounds” includes a discussion on dentifrices containing stannous fluoride and explains why the toothpaste Crest has been accepted for inclusion in Group B. The book includes provisions for acceptance of products, a general index, a distributors’ index, an index of current reports from the Council on Dental Therapeutics, and an index of more recent reports on products not listed in this edition, including those classified in Groups B, C, and D. A brief section on Formulas and Tables should be of particular interest t o pharmacists, and they will find ADR a useful reference source.
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Organic Reactions. Vol. 11. Edited by ARTHUR C. COPE. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., 501 pp. 15 X New York 16, N. Y., 1960. vii 23 cm. Price $12. Material covered in the eleventh volume of this important series includes : The Beckmann rearrangements, The Demjanov and Tiffeneau-Demjanov ring expansions, Arylation of unsaturated compounds by diazonium salts, The Favorskii rearrangement of haloketones, and Olefins from amines: the Hofmann elimination reaction and amine oxide pyrolysis. A subject index for this volume and cumulative chapter and author indexes for volumes 1-11 are appended.
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Theoretical and Practical Problems of Medicine and Biology in Experiments on Monkeys. Edited by I. A. UTKIN. Pergamon Press, Inc., 122 East 55th St., New York 22, N. Y., 1960. vii 276 pp. 14 X 21.5 cm. Price $9. Investigations of physiological and pathological problems in experiments on monkeys a t the Institute for Experimental Pathology and Therapeutics, USSR Academy of Medical Science, are reported in this book (translated from the Russian). The text material is divided under the three main headings: Physiology and pathology of higher nervous activity, Pathological morphology and physiology, and Infectious pathology. An index is appended.
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Drugs and Behavior. Edited by LEONARD UHR and JAMES G. MILLER. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 440 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y., 1960. xix 676 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price $10.75. The text material of this book includes 51 chapters contributed by individuals or joint authors, and is divided into two parts under the headings: The methodological, chemical, biological, and clinical context for psychopharmacology and Experimental procedures and results. Methods of study of the effects of psychoactive drugs in human subjects are discussed with particular emphasis on the full spectrum of therapeutic and psychosomatic results and behavioral toxicity of tranquilizers, energizers, psychotomimetics, etc. Although the book is designed primarily to aid the general practitioner of medicine, it is a useful reference for the pharmacist and others interested in drugs and therapeutics. An excellent subject index and an author index are included.
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Accepted Dental Remedies 1961. 26th ed. Council on Dental Therapeutics of the American Dental Association. American Dental Association, 222 E. Superior St., Chicago 11, Ill., 1961. xiv 230 pp. 15.5 X 20.5 cm. Paperbound. Price t3. The principle function of Accepted Dental Remedies (ADR) is t o provide the practicing dentist with information on the usefulness of drugs in dentistry. The 1961 edition is well designed for this purpose and for use as a handbook of dental therapeutics for students as well as practitioners. The expanded sections on dental therapeutics alert the
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Handbook of Physiology. Section 1: Neurophysiology. Vols. 1, 2, and 3. Edited by JOHN FIELD. American Physiological Society, Washington, D. C., Vol. 1. 1959; Vols. 2 and 3, 1960. Distributed by The Williams & Wilkins co., 428 East Preston St., Baltimore 2, Md. Vol. 1, 780 pp.; Vol. 2, 660 pp.; Vol. 3, 573 pp. 21.5 X 28 cm. Price: Vol. 1, $22; Vols. 2 and 3, $20. While the multi-volume Handbook of Physiology will afford a current view, it is the publisher’s intent to present the various facets of the subject in due proportion t o their importance. It will not, therefore, be devoted unduly to recent advances in the field but will cover discoveries and formulations regardless of the time they were made. Specialists in specific phases are contributors to this compilation. Separate subject indexes are included in vols. 1 and 2, and composite author and subject indexes for the 3 vols. are appended in vol. 3. Under the index entry “Historical development” the subdivision “contributors” gives an alphabetical listing. This type of listing would be useful in books on other sciences. The series is an excellent addition to the medical reference library.
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