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THE second edition of this book has been extensively revised and contains much new material which will, no doubt, add to its usefulness. More than a hundred of the illustrations are new and others replace some which were present in the first edition and which were taken from other text-books. Apart from those taken from other books, the illustrations are very rough sketches which are not improved by crude shading such as one would not welcome in the work of the students for whom the book is intended. They are by no means always accurate, especially in the section on embryology, in which two transverse sections appear to have been drawn upside down, and in which Fig. 197 will do little but mislead. This is not a book which the reviewer would be happy in recommending to students.
Practical Biology for Medical and Intermediate Students
By C. J. Wallis. Second edition. Revised, enlarged and re-set. Pp. ix + 396. (London: William Heinemann (Medical Books), Ltd., 1947.) 21s. net.
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MURRAY, P. Practical Biology for Medical and Intermediate Students. Nature 161, 912 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161912d0
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