Bailey's Textbook of Histology

This book is the work of a group of professors of the Columbia University. It is written primarily for the student and controversial discussions have been wisely avoided. With each new edition some chapters have been rewritten, so that since the first edition the book is completely changed. In this edition a new chapter on the living cell has been added; in it the subject of tissue culture has been dealt with at some length. The study of the living cell has, as the authors say, broken down the barriers between anatomy and physiology, and this chapter will add reality to the subject of histology from the point of view of the young student. In the chapter on the various blood cells and their origin, the authors have taken Maximow's view of the unity of origin of the monocyte and the histiocyte, the former having undergone a change of function. They use the word ' monocyte' in place of the more comprehensive term ' large mononuclearto include both monocyte and histiocyte; in view of the fact that they admit the difference in function of these two cells, it seems a pity thus to confuse the reader. However, they may take the view that the histiocyte does not normally appear in the peripheral blood, and it is with the normal that they are mainly dealing. The book is clearly written and well illustrated, and it should prove a very useful standard textbook or? histology.