Abstract
“THE Essentials of Histology” preserves, in its eleventh edition, the well-known characteristics of the previous editions of this standard work. The volume is growing in size, but the additions are mainly of new illustrations. These are uniformly good, and conform to the general tendency of successive editions to present photographic representations of actual preparations, as well as semi-diagrammatic drawings emphasising points which the artist deems of special import. The latter are of great service to the beginner, but carefully selected photographs mean more to the advanced student. Both varieties are utilised in the “Essentials,”and monotony in the figures is avoided by a pleasing use of colour. Although mainly a descriptive work, the practical side is better represented than a cursory glance would reveal, and the directions briefly given at the head of each lesson are amply sufficient, if exactly followed, to enable the student to obtain the preparations desired. Further practical directions are given in the appendix, which is a synopsis of general and special histological methods.
The Essentials of Histology: Descriptive and Practical. For the Use of Students.
Sir
E. Sharpey
Schafer
By. Eleventh edition. Pp. xii + 577. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1920.) Price 14s. net.
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The Essentials of Histology: Descriptive and Practical For the Use of Students . Nature 106, 106 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106106b0
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