A Text-Book of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry

Abstract

THE appearance of Bunge's text-book in its English dress reminds us keenly of the loss which physiology has sustained by the death of the translator. It is some consolation to be able to temper this regret with the satisfaction that so interesting and instructive a work was made available to English students by one so capable as the late Dr. Wooldridge. He wisely contented himself with translating the original without those annotations or additions which are often supplied, and which, while they may be of intrinsic merit, frequently destroy the individuality of the original. Criticism of Dr. Wooldridge's share in the English version thus resolves itself into asking how he has done his work as a translator, and the answer is: “Admirably.” While the original text is closely followed and accurately rendered, the result is, unlike some translations, such pleasant reading that the student will scarcely realize that it is a translation. But in justice to the author it must be said that this is also partly due to the simple style and language of the original, and to the lecture-form of its arrangement.

Text-book of Physiological and Pathological Chemistry, in Twenty-one Lectures for Physicians and Students.

Dr. G. Bunge, Professor of Physiological Chemistry at Bâle. Translated from the second German edition by the late L. C. Wooldridge, M.D., and completed for the press by his Wife. (London: Kegan Paul, 1890.)