And the Poor Get Children-A Study Sponsored phases. There is an excellent chapter on the de- by Planned Parenthood Federation of velopment of the placenta with mention of its America, Inc. By Lee Rainwater. 202 role in such clinical entities as placenta previa pages, not illustrated. Chicago, J 960, and Rh sensitization and a short summary of its Quadrangle Books. hormone functions and relationships. As soon Although the title of this book leaves unwritten as the embryo has reached the somite and limb the beginning of the adage "the rich get richer bud stage, the organism as a whole is abandoned, and the poor get children," the unwritten part and each organ system is taken up individually with all the bitterness implied remains present- and is followed through its development with whispered only, but present-so that befor~ the clinical relationships brought out whenever book is even opened one feels somewhat un- possible. The details of much of the cellular comfortable-and for reasons that have nothing morphology is left out in favor of emphasis on whatever to do with the contents of the book. functional development. Accordingly, there is A psychosocial study of contraception, and the little or no mention of the complex and techni- problems related to contraception as they arc cal dcvclopments of chemical embryology which found among "the poor" is at best a very difficult belongs more properly in the texts designed for task. Unfortunately, little of the task was per- specialized workers in this field. formed in this study. The book proves nothing There are times when the reader feels the new, gives no new information, and, unfortu- lleed for more correlation between the develop- nately, treats the psychological problems in a mental stage of one organ system with that of very superficial manner. another organ system or even with that of the embryo as a whole. Once you have completed Textbook of Human Embryology. By R. G. the development of each of the systems and Harrison. 244 pages, 144 figures, 1 organs, you are left to yourself to bring all the table. Springfield, Ill., 1959, Charles C parts together and come up with a unified and Thomas, Publisher. $10.50. functioning fetus. The book is well enough In order to produce a textbook of embryology written and so well thought out that one feels for the medical student that will not only pro- entirely capable of assembling the parts without vide a knowledge of developmental anatomy but much difficulty and the reader is left with a which would also provide some insight into the better understanding of the embryo's functional clinical manifestations of the field of embryology, development. Professor Harrison has begun with the chicken instead of the egg, and starts by reviewing the Over de Behandeling van Zwangeren met een anatomy and physiology of the adult male and Gestoorde Bloedsuikercurve en de Re. female reproductive systems. Following in a sultaten Ten Aanzien van de Fetal logical manner, he proceeds through fertiliza- Loss. By R. J. J. Omers. 128 pages, I tion, nidation, and early embryo growth. By figure, 42 tables. Heerlen, 1960, N. V. limiting the number of photomicrographs and Uitgeverij Winants. by utilizing simplified line drawings he presents This report describes the study of 383 patients a complete summary of the early developmental who had 1,364 pregnancies and on whom glucose 823