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The chemistry of thyroid disease. By Rosalind Pitt‐Rivers and Jamshed R. Tata. Charles C Thomas, 301‐327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1960. xii + 83 pp. 1.5 × 22.5 cm. Price $4.50
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Vol. 50, No. 1 , J a n u a r y 1961 The Chemistry of Thyroid Disease. By ROSALIND PITT-RIVERSand JAMSHED R. TATA. Charles C Thomas, 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1960. xii 83 pp. 1.5 X 22.5 cm. Price $4.50. Treated as a monograph in this book, the subject is presented under the following headings: Normal biochemical processes in the thyroid gland, Biochemical changes in hypothyroidism, Biochemical changes in liyperthyroidism, Immunological aspects of thyroid disorders, and Cancer of the thyroid. References and an index are appended.
The soundly established procedure of collaborative study of proposed methods and changes in older methods continues as the basis for acceptance. Purchasers of the 9th ed. can obtain, a t cost, reprints of the changes in methods adopted a t the annual meetings 1960-1963, inclusive. The new double-column format and typographical changes have vastly improved the readability of the text while conserving space. The chapter on soils has been omitted but the scheme of elementary analysis has been retained by inclusion in the chapter on liming materials. Other editorial changes make for more convenient use of the book. This is an excellent revision of an important working Dietary Proteins in Health and Disease. By JAMES and reference volume. The extensive subject index B. ALLISON and WILLIAM H. FITZPATRICK. adds to its usefulness. Charles C Thomas, 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1960. viii 86 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price $4.50. Cellular Aspects of Immunity. Edited by G . E. W. An interpretation of the biochemistry of food proWOLSTENHOLME and MAEVEO’CONNOR.Little, teins, correlating complex structure with physioBrown and Co., 34 Beacon St., Boston 6, Mass., logical function is given in this book. The test is 1960. xii 495 pp. Price $10.50. divided under the headings : Basic concepts, DigesThe twenty reports and discussions and the group tion, Nitrogen balance, Proteins and growth, Protein and maintenance, Calories and proteins, Nutritive discussion in summary of the proceedings a t the Ciba Foundation Symposium of June 3-5, 1959 are value and problems in supplementation, and Plasma compiled in this volume. Material on the populaand liver proteins. tion dynamics of mesenchymal cells as they are modified and influenced by immunological processes The Clinical Use of Aldosterone Antagonists. Edited was presented. The questions of how the imby FREDERIC C. BARTTER. Charles C Thomas, munological information that is lodged in a n im301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., munologically competent cell is conveyed t o it, and 1960. xi 211 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price $5. how that information can be transmitted were disA symposium sponsored by G. D. Searle & Co., cussed. Author and subject indexes are included. with twenty-three participants, is compiled in this book. Discussions on the fundamental mechanism of action and clinical results with aldosterone antag- The Nucleic Acids. Vol. 3. Edited by ERWIN onists used in diagnosis and clinical therapy were inCHARCAFFand J. N. DAVIDSON.Academic cluded. An index is appended. Press Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York 3, N. Y., 1960. xvi 588 pp. 15 X 23 cm. Price $18. Controlled Clinical Trials. Organized under the Volume three in this progressive treatise includes direction of A. B. HILL. Charles C Thomas, twelve contributed chapters on: Deoxyribunucleic 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., acids as macromolecules, Photochemistry of nucleic 1960. vii 177 pp. 14 X 22.5 cm. Price $5. acids and their constituents, Chemical and enzymic The papers delivered a t the Conference on Con- synthesis of polynucleotides, Chemistry of the trolled Clinical Trials called by the Council for In- nucleic acids of microorganisms, Nucleic acids of the ternational Organizations of Medical Sciences in bacterial viruses, Rihonucleic acids of viruses, BioMarch 1959 make up this book. Methods of con- synthesis of purine nucleotides, Biosynthesis of ducting trials and also the ethical problems involved pyrimidine nucleotides, Relationship of nucleic were discussed. A list of selected references is acid and protein synthesis as revealed by studies in cell-free systems, Biosynthesis of proteins in intact appended, but no index is included. bacterial cells, Agents which influence nucleic acid metabolisni, and Effect of radiations on nucleic Oficial Methods of Analysis of the Association acid metabolism. The chapter headings an0 authors of Oficial Agricultural Chemists. 9th ed. Ed- for Vois. 1 and 2 are given, and author and subject ited by WILLIAM HORWITZ. Associaion of Of- indexes for Vol. 3 are appended. ficial Agricultural Chemists, P. 0. Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington 4, D. C., 1960. xx 832 pp. 17.5 X 25.5 cm. Price Quantitative Analysis. By RAY U. BRUMBLAY. single copy $17.50 domestic, $18 foreign. Barnes & Nobles, Inc., 105 Fifth Ave., New York The ninth edition of “Official Methods of Analysis, 3, K. Y . , 1960. xvii 235 pp. 13 X 21 cm. AOAC,” includes the procedures sponsored by the Paperbound. Price $1.50. Association including those approved as “first A concise presentation of material required for a action” or adopted as “official” a t the 1959 meeting. As a source of analytical tests and assays for general one-semester course in quantitative analysis is testing laboratories, where drugs and dosage forms given in this book. The text includes current requiring procedures other than those in the U. S. P. procedures, but the 1955 revision of the Table of and N. F. are frequently encountered, the book is International Atomic Weights is appended. A good book for its limited purpose. an incomparable necessity.
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Vol. 50, No. 1 , J a n u a r y 1961 The Chemistry of Thyroid Disease. By ROSALIND PITT-RIVERSand JAMSHED R. TATA. Charles C Thomas, 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1960. xii 83 pp. 1.5 X 22.5 cm. Price $4.50. Treated as a monograph in this book, the subject is presented under the following headings: Normal biochemical processes in the thyroid gland, Biochemical changes in hypothyroidism, Biochemical changes in liyperthyroidism, Immunological aspects of thyroid disorders, and Cancer of the thyroid. References and an index are appended.
The soundly established procedure of collaborative study of proposed methods and changes in older methods continues as the basis for acceptance. Purchasers of the 9th ed. can obtain, a t cost, reprints of the changes in methods adopted a t the annual meetings 1960-1963, inclusive. The new double-column format and typographical changes have vastly improved the readability of the text while conserving space. The chapter on soils has been omitted but the scheme of elementary analysis has been retained by inclusion in the chapter on liming materials. Other editorial changes make for more convenient use of the book. This is an excellent revision of an important working Dietary Proteins in Health and Disease. By JAMES and reference volume. The extensive subject index B. ALLISON and WILLIAM H. FITZPATRICK. adds to its usefulness. Charles C Thomas, 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1960. viii 86 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price $4.50. Cellular Aspects of Immunity. Edited by G . E. W. An interpretation of the biochemistry of food proWOLSTENHOLME and MAEVEO’CONNOR.Little, teins, correlating complex structure with physioBrown and Co., 34 Beacon St., Boston 6, Mass., logical function is given in this book. The test is 1960. xii 495 pp. Price $10.50. divided under the headings : Basic concepts, DigesThe twenty reports and discussions and the group tion, Nitrogen balance, Proteins and growth, Protein and maintenance, Calories and proteins, Nutritive discussion in summary of the proceedings a t the Ciba Foundation Symposium of June 3-5, 1959 are value and problems in supplementation, and Plasma compiled in this volume. Material on the populaand liver proteins. tion dynamics of mesenchymal cells as they are modified and influenced by immunological processes The Clinical Use of Aldosterone Antagonists. Edited was presented. The questions of how the imby FREDERIC C. BARTTER. Charles C Thomas, munological information that is lodged in a n im301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., munologically competent cell is conveyed t o it, and 1960. xi 211 pp. 15 X 22.5 cm. Price $5. how that information can be transmitted were disA symposium sponsored by G. D. Searle & Co., cussed. Author and subject indexes are included. with twenty-three participants, is compiled in this book. Discussions on the fundamental mechanism of action and clinical results with aldosterone antag- The Nucleic Acids. Vol. 3. Edited by ERWIN onists used in diagnosis and clinical therapy were inCHARCAFFand J. N. DAVIDSON.Academic cluded. An index is appended. Press Inc., 111 Fifth Ave., New York 3, N. Y., 1960. xvi 588 pp. 15 X 23 cm. Price $18. Controlled Clinical Trials. Organized under the Volume three in this progressive treatise includes direction of A. B. HILL. Charles C Thomas, twelve contributed chapters on: Deoxyribunucleic 301-327 East Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., acids as macromolecules, Photochemistry of nucleic 1960. vii 177 pp. 14 X 22.5 cm. Price $5. acids and their constituents, Chemical and enzymic The papers delivered a t the Conference on Con- synthesis of polynucleotides, Chemistry of the trolled Clinical Trials called by the Council for In- nucleic acids of microorganisms, Nucleic acids of the ternational Organizations of Medical Sciences in bacterial viruses, Rihonucleic acids of viruses, BioMarch 1959 make up this book. Methods of con- synthesis of purine nucleotides, Biosynthesis of ducting trials and also the ethical problems involved pyrimidine nucleotides, Relationship of nucleic were discussed. A list of selected references is acid and protein synthesis as revealed by studies in cell-free systems, Biosynthesis of proteins in intact appended, but no index is included. bacterial cells, Agents which influence nucleic acid metabolisni, and Effect of radiations on nucleic Oficial Methods of Analysis of the Association acid metabolism. The chapter headings an0 authors of Oficial Agricultural Chemists. 9th ed. Ed- for Vois. 1 and 2 are given, and author and subject ited by WILLIAM HORWITZ. Associaion of Of- indexes for Vol. 3 are appended. ficial Agricultural Chemists, P. 0. Box 540, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington 4, D. C., 1960. xx 832 pp. 17.5 X 25.5 cm. Price Quantitative Analysis. By RAY U. BRUMBLAY. single copy $17.50 domestic, $18 foreign. Barnes & Nobles, Inc., 105 Fifth Ave., New York The ninth edition of “Official Methods of Analysis, 3, K. Y . , 1960. xvii 235 pp. 13 X 21 cm. AOAC,” includes the procedures sponsored by the Paperbound. Price $1.50. Association including those approved as “first A concise presentation of material required for a action” or adopted as “official” a t the 1959 meeting. As a source of analytical tests and assays for general one-semester course in quantitative analysis is testing laboratories, where drugs and dosage forms given in this book. The text includes current requiring procedures other than those in the U. S. P. procedures, but the 1955 revision of the Table of and N. F. are frequently encountered, the book is International Atomic Weights is appended. A good book for its limited purpose. an incomparable necessity.
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