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IN this monograph the authors have set out to give a brief account of our present knowledge of the, hydrogen ion concentration of the blood. In the first chapter there is a short but complete theoretical survey of the subject; whilst in the last, methods of determining pH are briefly described. The second chapter gives our knowledge of normal blood pH, and the third, which accounts for half the length of the book, describes the variations met with in disease. The authors have confined themselves strictly to the subject in hand, though, even then, more than two hundred references are given in the bibliography. They also assume a fair knowledge of the subject from their readers: the clarity of certain portions of the monograph, especially those dealing with the more theoretical aspects of the subject, would be enhanced by somewhat fuller descriptions. The book should be of use to all those interested in the subject, as a work of reference to the latest researches.
Hydrogen Ion Concentration of the Blood in Health. and Disease.
Prof.
J. Harold
Austin
Prof.
Glenn E.
Cullen
By. (Medicine Monographs, Vol. 8.) Pp. xi + 75. (Baltimore, Md.: Williams and Wilkins Co.; London: Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1926.) 9s. net.
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Hydrogen Ion Concentration of the Blood in Health and Disease . Nature 119, 742 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/119742c0
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