Abstract
PROF. OPPEL has set himself the colossal task of furnishing a succinct account of the comparative histology of vertebrates, and the volume before us is the third instalment towards the attainment of that end. The two former parts, which appeared in 1896 and 1897, dealt respectively with the comparative structure of the stomach and of the gullet and intestines. The present is concerned with the remainder of the alimentary canal, viz., the mouth, including the tongue and salivary glands (but exclusive of the teeth, which are referred to a later publication in which the skeleton will be dealt with) and the large glands whose ducts open into the commencement of the intestine, viz., the pancreas and liver. The extent of the undertaking will be manifest when we mention that the account of these subjects requires nearly 1200 large octavo pages, with 679 illustrations in the text and ten coloured lithographic plates, and that there is a bibliographical list comprising several hundred books and papers, each one of which is referred to in the text, and all of which are given with their full title and references; so that the possession of this alone would render the book of inestimable value to any one working at any part of the subject with which it deals.
Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatonmie der Wirbeltiere.
Herausgegeben von Dr. Med. Albert Oppel—Dritter Teil. Pp. x. + 1180. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1900.)
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S., E. Lehrbuch der vergleichenden mikroskopischen Anatonmie der Wirbeltiere . Nature 63, 126–127 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/063126a0
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