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HOWEVER distinguished a man of science may be, we still expect the books he writes to increase his reputation. These two books by Sir William Bayliss will scarcely do this. It is not that they are bad books, but that they are not good enough for so distinguished an author.
Interfacial Forces and Phenomena in Physiology: Being the Herter Lectures in New York in March, 1922.
By Sir William M. Bayliss. Pp. ix + 196. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1923.) 7s. 6d. net.
The Vaso-Motor System.
By Sir William M. Bayliss. (Monographs on Physiology.) Pp. v + 163. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1923.) 7s. 6d. net.
The Electrical Action of the Human Heart.
By Dr. Augustus D. Waller. Edited by A. M. Waller. Pp. ix + 103. (London: University of London Press, Ltd., 1922.) 7s. 6d. net.
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B., J., R., A. Interfacial Forces and Phenomena in Physiology: Being the Herter Lectures in New York in March, 1922. The Vaso-Motor System. The Electrical Action of the Human Heart. Nature 112, 579–580 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112579a0
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