Einleitung in die physiologische Zoologie (Physikalische und chemische Funktionen des Tierkörpers)

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THE increasing tendency of zoology to turn from the more purely morphological towards the functional aspects of the subject, and to utilise the data of chemistry and physics in their study, has induced Prof. Przibram to write an introduction to physiological zoology which can act as a companion to his introduction to experimental morphology, and enable the student to gain a comprehensive outline of the subject before turning to one of the larger treatises. The work is divided into some thirty short chapters arranged in pairs, and dealing respectively with the physical and chemical properties of the different organs of the body: numerous references are given throughout the text: notes on the chemical composition, including formuhe, of substances referred to in the text are collected together in an appendix. In a small space the author has succeeded in covering a very large field and in giving an excellent outline of the subject of general physiology. The work could be read with profit by all students of physiology or zoology, but in the short time at their disposal will probably be found to range the field too widely to appeal to those studying within the narrower limits of human physiology. However, for all those who wish to know something of how animals of different species live, of their varying types of respiratory apparatus, of their modes of digesting and assimilating their food, of their secretions and excretions, their sense organs, or their reproduction, this short treatise can be thoroughly recommended for perusal.