A Clinical Introduction to Heart Disease

NOT many years ago tissue culture techniques were practised in only a small number of highly specialized laboratories. Today the position has changed completely, and there is hardly a field in biological and medical researchwhere these techniques are not finding some application. The supply of suitable textbooks has not managed to keep abreast of this rapid expansion and Dr. Paul's "Cell and Tissue Culture" has appeared at a time when a modern book of this type is urgently needed. His book is based on the instruction given at the Tissue Culture Association Summer Course, of which he is director. It is essentially a practical manual for laboratory workers, which gives an account of modern techniques and their current applications without entering into much detail in the more specialized aspects of the subject. For those readers wishing to follow up any particular line there is an extensive bibliography. The illustrations are, adequate and practical and in keeping with the rest of the book. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to all scientists and technicians using tissue culture techniques who are not primarily specialists in this field. Even the specialists might find the references very useful. "Cell and Tissue Culture" is not only a book to read, but also the kind which one likes to keep handy on the laboratory bookshelf. There are many scientists who have so far not made use of tissue culture techniques but nevertheless sometimes wonder whether these might not be of help in solving a particular problem. I can think of no better advice to them than to read Dr. Paul's book so that they may get some idea of the cquipment they will need and the type of technical work which they will have to do. D. S.D.