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BRITISH CHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS ISSUED BY THE Bureau of Chemical and Physiological Abstracts [Supported by the Chemical Society, the Society of Chemical Industry, the Physiological Society, the Biochemical Society, and the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland] JUNE, 1 9 4 3 BUREAU: C hairm an: L. H. LAMPITT, D.Sc., F.I.C. % Hon. Treasurer: F. P. DUNN, B.Sc., F.I.C. JULIAN L. BAKER, F.I.C. C. R. HARINGTON, M.A., P h .D., F.R.S. G. L. BROWN, M.Sc., M.B., Ch .B. L. A. JORDAN, D.Sc., F.I.C. H. W. CREMER, M.Sc., F.I.C., M.I.Chem.E. G. A. R. KON, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. C. W. DAVIES, D.Sc., F.I.C. H. McCOMBIE, D.S.O., M.C., P h .D ., D.Sc., F.I.C. H. J. T. ELLINGHAM, B.Sc., P h .D ., F.I.C. B. A. McSWINEY, B.A., M.B., Sc.D. E d ito r: T. F. BURTON, B.Sc. Assistant Editors: J. H. BIRKINSHAW, D.Sc., F.I.C* W. JEVONS, D.Sc., P h .D. H. BURTON, M.Sc., D.Sc., F.I.C. E‘ E’ TURNER, M.A., D.Sc., F.I.C., F.R.S. F. L. USHER, D.Sc. F. G. CROSSE, F.I.C. H WREN> m .A ., D -S c., P h .D . A. A. ELD RIDGE, B.Sc., F.I.C. SAMSON WRIGHT, M.D., F.R.C.P.* * Assisted by J. D. BOYD (Anatomy), A. HADDOW (Tumours), F. O. HOWITT (Biochemistry), A. G. POLLARD (Plant Physiology), K. TANSLEY (Sense Organs), V. J. WOOLLEY (Pharmacology), and F. G. YOUNG (Ductless Glands). Indexer: MARGARET LE PLA, B.Sc. A., Ill—PHYSIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY (INCLUDING ANATOMY) CONTENTS I. General Anatomy and Morphology . 365 XVI. Other Organs, Tissues, and Body-Fluids 399 II. Descriptive and Experimental Embryology. Heredity 366 XVII. Tumours ....... 401 III. Physical A n th r o p o lo g y ......................................... 368 XVIII. Nutrition and Vitamins ..... 403 IV. Cytology, Histology, and Tissue Culture . 368 XIX. Metabolism, General and Special 413 V. Blood and L y m p h ................................................... 369 XX. Pharmacology and Toxicology .... 415 VI. Vascular System ....... 376 XXI. Physiology of Work and Industrial Hygiene 425 VII. Respiration and Blood Gases .... 380 XXII. Radiations................................................ 425 VIII. M u s c l e ....................................................................— XXIII. Physical and Colloidal Chemistry 425 IX. Nervous System ..........................................................381 XXIV. Enzymep ....... 426 X. Sense O r g a n s .............................................................384 XXV. Microbiological and Immunological Chemistry. XI. Ductless Glands, excluding Gonads . 388 A l l e r g y ............................................................. 4 2 8 XII. Reproduction ....... 392 XXVI. Plant Physiology ...... 4 4 4 XIII. Digestive S y s t e m ................................................... 394 XXVII. Plant Constituents ...... 446 XIV. Liver and Bile ....... 397 XXVIII. Apparatus and Analytical Methods . 4 , 7 XV. Kidney and Urine ...... 397 XXIX. 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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, b y H . J . E m e l £ u s . (Collaborators: A. L. G. R e e s , A. J . E. W elch). CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, b y J . M. Robertson . ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, by F. S. S p r i n g a n d T . S. S t e v e n s . (Collaborators : M. P . B a l f e , J . W . C o o k , J . K e n y o n , E . G. V. Percival). BIOCHEMISTRY, by L. J. H a r r i s . (Collaborators: C. G. A n d e r s o n , E . C h a i n , J . L . C r a n m e r , H . W . Flo rey, A. N euberger, F. W . N orris, R . M a r k h a m ) . Publishers: THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY, BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, LONDON, W.l. BRITISH CHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ABSTRACTS A., III.—Physiology and Biochemistry (including Anatomy) JUNE, 1943. I.—GENERAL ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY. of idiopathic scoliosis in man. Fusion of vertebral bodies per se with no damage to epiphvseal cartilage does not arrest growth. Sexual differences in breadths of epidermal ridges in finger tips P. C. \Y. and palms. E. A. Ohler and H. Cummins (Amer. J. phys. Anthrop., Cervical rib and hyperhidrosis. E. D. Telford (Brit. Med. J., 1942, 2 9 , 341—362).—Collective counts in females of mean age IS 1942, II, 96).— 2 cases of cervical rib showed hyperhidrosis in the years yielded a mean of 23 4 ridges per cm., an increase of 2-7 per hand of the affected side ; relief followed removal of the rib. cm. over the corresponding vaL in the male. Digit 1 has tne C. A. K. coarsest ndges of all the digits. Ridge breadths are given for the Study of craniolacunia. J. B. Hartley and C. W. F. Burnett various digits and for the palms. The digital ridges are coarser in (J. Obstet. Gynaec., 1943, 50. 1— 12).— 11 new cases are reported the right hand, as in the male. No significant bimanual difference and the incidence is shown to be higher than suspected. P. C. \Y. of ridge breadth occurs in the palm but ridge breadth tends to varv with hand length. There may be a sp. genetic factor involved in the Tantalum for surgery]. H. M. Carney (Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. determination of ridge breadth, supplementing the loose control Med., 1942, 51, 147— 148 .—Implanted in dogs, Ta becomes th i n ly associated with hand size. W. F. H. encapsulated by fibrous tissue, and causes increased density in bone to which it is applied. V. J. \V. Surgical anatomy of external carotid plexus. E. Gardner (Arch. Surg., Chicago, 1943, 4 6 , 23S—244). F. S. Use of autogenous rib cartilage grafts to repair surface defects in dog joints. F. Young (Surgery, 1940, 7, 254— 263).— The articular Anatomy of inguinal region. A. B. Howell (Surgery, 1939, 6 , cartilage of the superior patellar groove between the femoral condyles 653— 662). P. C. W. in dogs was removed and replaced by grafts taken from the costal Acute traumatic dislocation of tendon of long head of biceps cartilage of the same dog. The resected portion of articular cartilage brachii. L. A. Abbott and J. B. deC. M. Saunders (Surgery, 1939, was from a non-weight-bearing area. The dogs were killed 10 days—18 months after the operation. Rib cartilage grafts placed 6 , 817— 840).— 6 cases resulting from injury are described. Symp toms, diagnostic signs, and operative treatment are indicated; at in parallel healed together by cartilaginous union; rib cartilage and operation all cases showed displacement of the tendon over the articular cartilage were united by fibrous tissue. The grafts re lesser tuberosity. P. C. W, mained viable for as long as 1 year. After IS months the graft was partially replaced by osteoid tissue but this is probably due to faulty Absence of anterior mediastinum. A. Ochsner, M. DeBakey, and technique. P. C. NY. S. Murray (Surgery, 1939, 6 , 915—926).—9 cases of intrapleural communication are collected from the literature, the majoritv being Coarctation of aorta in childhood. P. H. Rhodes and E. Durbin due to tuberculous involvement of the mediastinum. A congenital (Amer. J. Dis. Child., 1942, 64. 1073—1096).—A review and report case of complete absence of the mediastinum associated with con of 3 cases. C. J. C. B. genital diaphragmatic hernia is described; only a single pleural Congenital atresia and stenosis of great cardiac vessels. J. I. cavity existed. P. C. W. Rossman (Amer. J. Dis. Child., 1942, 64, 872— 880).— 1 case of Accurate pelvimetry. C. Nicholson (J. Obstet. Gynaec., 1943, 50, aortic atresia and 1 of pulmonarv stenosis are described. 7— 13). P. C. W. C. J. C. B. Congenital anomalies of anus and rectum. E. A. Crowell and Adult scapula : additional observations and measurements. A. J. NY. Dulin (Surgery, 1940, 7, 529— 539).—Description and classific Hrdlicka (Amer. J. phys. Anthrop., 1942, 29, 363— 115).—The basic ation with an analysis of 28 cases. P. C. NY. properties of the scapula are inherited and are much the same in all* human groups, but every part of the bone is subject to changes with age, brought about, or largely influenced, by muscular development II.—DESCRIPTIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL and activity. There are no differences that could be regarded as true racial characters. Phylogenetically the bone is mainlv a EMBRYOLOGY. HEREDITY. muscular product dependent on the development and activity of its muscles. Age differences in relative dimensions are marked. Sex. Branchial cysts. R. B. Malcolm and R. E. Benson (Surgery, differences become manifest from fœtal life, the female bone remain 1940, 7, 187—203).—The embryology of the branchial region and ing the more juvenile.