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The Hormones

A Symposium on Steroid Hormones

Edited by Edgar S. Gordon. Pp. xiii + 396. (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1950.) 6.50 dollars.

Recent Progress in Hormone Research

The Proceedings of the Laurentian Hormone Conference. Vol. 5. Edited by Gregory Pincus. Pp. viii + 537. (New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1950.) 8.80 dollars.

The Hormones

Physiology, Chemistry and Applications. Edited by Gregory Pincus and Kenneth V. Thimann. Vol. 2. Pp. ix + 782. (New York: Academic Press, Inc., 1950.) 12.50 dollars.

Vergleichende Physiologie

Von Prof. W. von Buddenbrock. Band 4: Hormone. (Lehrbücher und Monographien aus dem Gebiete der exakten Wissenschaften: Reihe der experimentellen Biologie, Band 9.) Pp. 492. (Basel: Verlag Birkhäuser, 1950.) 47.50 Swiss francs.

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The Hormones. Nature 170, 858–859 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170858b0

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