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PROF. HUXLEY'S “Physiology” was a master piece; it first appeared in 1866, and since that date has been easily first among a crowd of elementary manuals. The edition which appeared before the present one was issued in 1900, and was then edited by Sir Michael Foster and Dr. Shore. It has been frequently reprinted since that date, but after a lapse of fifteen years the publishers have very rightly judged that it required revision in order to incorporate the new facts and generalisations which have been discovered in the meantime. This work has been entrusted to Mr. Joseph Barcroft, of Cambridge, and he has fulfilled his task with ability, tact, and, one may add, reverence. Although the repair has been substantial, one cannot but be struck with the fact how much of the fabric is left intact. There could be no better testimony to the thoroughness and permanence of the labours of the original builders. The main principles of physiological science remain for the most part unchanged. With some notable exceptions, recent physiological progress has been concerned with details, which are interesting enough to the re searchers, but are really not essential from the elementary student's point of view. We wish the present edition every success and a continuance of usefulness.
Lessons in Elementary Physiology.
By Dr. T. H. Huxley. Enlarged and revised edition. Pp. xxiv + 604. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1915.) Price 4s. 6d.
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H., W. Lessons in Elementary Physiology . Nature 96, 59 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/096059a0
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