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BOOK REVIEWS 637 munologicalfunction are discussed.The question Teachers Supplement, 92 pp. of whether the thymus affects other lymphoid One of the five BSCS Laboratory Blocks by tissue through a humoral control, or whether its a scientist skilled in his field of microbiology, primary function is to serve as a source for experienced in teaching, and a capable author. lymphoid cells for other tissues are treated in This block provides an orientation into the tax- detail. onomy of the organisms, habitats, growth char- In both of these monographsthe papers are acteristics,nutritional requirements, ecology, and well illustratedand well documented. Following experimental procedures. The author carefully each paper there is a transcriptof the discussion uses a variety of organismsrather than dwelling by the participantsin the symposium. solely on bacteria. The illustrationsare some of In addition to the obvious value of these the best this reviewer has seen for the beginning monographsto workers in the subjects covered, student in the laboratory. Pages are provided this series should have an important role as a for the recording of data. Appendices include teaching tool for advanced undergraduates.The an excellent bibliography, glossary, and formu- Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/27/8/637/21870/4441116.pdf by guest on 29 September 2021 monographs will provide the students with re- lae. The Teacher'sSupplement provides detailed lated original sources describing current re- questions and quite important instructionalma- search. For use in conjunction with courses, it terial. All in all, this lives up to, and in some is a real advantage to have these papers in a aspects surpasses, the quality of the previous single volume rather than for students to have to blocks. A true "must" for all biology teachers. use papers scattered in a number of periodicals. HANDBOOK OF BASIC MICROTECHNIQUE, Peter John M. Hamilton Gray, 302 pp., $7.95, McGraw-Hill Book Park College Company, New York, 1964. Parkville, Missouri The title of this book is self-explanatory,for SEXUAL DEVIATION, Anthony Storr, 139 pp., it is indeed a handbook, but it also may serve $.85, Penguin Books, New York, 1964. as a text in this field. The author has a previous A small paperbackwhich attempts to inform publication which is more inclusive, so that this the reader of various forms of sexual deviation one representshis judgment as to the most im- in the classical meaning of the phrase. The portant ideas and information to be grasped author attempts to show that deviations can be by the worker in biology. Microscopy, photo- looked at through the eyes of a biologist as well micrography,slide preparationwith specific ex- as that of the psychiatristin arrivingat calm and amples and exercises, techniques for certain dispassionateviews on the subject. The book is tissues, and valuable appendices. It is a most remarkablyfree from a great deal of technical valuable book for the biologist and student of language, but a high level is sustained through- biology. out. MICROBIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY, 8th Ed., Alice PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY, Daniel P. Kimble, Lorraine Smith, 699 pp., $8.50, C. V. Mosby 184 pp., Addision-Wesley Publishing Com- Company, St. Louis, 1964. pany, Inc., Massachusetts,1964. This book has stood up well through its seven A programmedbook in a subject representing previous editions. The format, illustrations,and the new emphasis in psychology, and an em- writing are just the ticket for the readership phasis of considerableinterest to biologists. This intended.It is unusual in that it combines micro- book represents the real changes going on in biology and pathology which means that a little psychology as the biology of nerve transmission, less than half the book is devoted to descriptions learning, and behavior, with all the new bio- of pathologicalconditions which have little rela- chemical information, is graduallydeveloped. It tionship to microbiology. However, both ap- would pay the biology teacher to "take" this proaches are well integrated so that it is not course to discover how much is new in this field. really just two books bound together. It is aimed The book is illustrated and the programing at medical technician and nursing classes and technique makes it valuable for the self-learner. should prove very useful for these audiences. Major emphases on neuron biochemistry,nerve transmission,EEG, patterns,reinforcement, bio- TOPLEY AND WILSON'S PRINCIPLES OF BACTERI- physics of nerve transmission,etc. A stimulating OLOGY AND IMMUNITY, 5th Ed., Graham S. Wil- and rewardingbook. son and A. A. Miles, 2 vols. 2563 pp., $35.00, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Md., 1964. Microbiology This treatise is a storehouse of well written MICROBES: THEIR GROWTH, NUTRITION, AND IN- and well documented information about bac- TERACTION,Alfred S. Sussman, 124 pp., D. C. teriology with an emphasis on the relationships Heath and Company, Boston, 1964, and between microorganisms and man. Since it deals .