Abstract
THIS is the second volume of original articles issued under the editorship of Mr. Leonard Hill. The first appeared about three years ago, and was reviewed in NATURE, May 3, 1906. That the publishers have seen fit to issue a second volume is an indication that the first was a success. The present volume treats of a number of interesting and important questions which have recently been subjects of research among physiologists, and the senior student is thus provided with a summary of the latest views which otherwise it would have been impossible for him to have obtained without much labour and exploration in many journals. The idea of the book is thus excellent; one's only fear is that in the presentation of a good deal of controversial matter even the best of students may sometimes lose himself and wish there was more agreement among physiological workers. In some of the articles more attention is paid to points of difference than to points of agreement, and general conclusions to help the reader in the maze are not always forthcoming. On the other hand, from the point of view of the researcher, the descriptions given of recent work are too fragmentary in some cases to be of any real help, though perhaps this may be wise, for any thing which tempts the original worker to neglect reading the actual writings of his predecessors on the same road is to be deprecated.
Further Advances in Physiology.
Edited by Leonard Hill. Pp. vii + 440. (London: E. Arnold, 1909.) Price 15s. net.
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Further Advances in Physiology . Nature 81, 218 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/081218a0
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