Handbook of Physiology

this is so.Both the pharmacologists and the molecular biologists are teaching physiologists to think in small units and the millimicro-equivalent (m,u-equiv.)now presents no difficulties.One old favourite is missing.The book makes no mention of the specific gravity of the urine.It is probably never measured in the author's well-equipped laboratory.Teachers in modern medical schools easily forget that some of their graduates go to places in the world with little modern apparatus.It is possible, now as always, to make a useful assessment of the functional ability of the kidney with only a measuring flask and a hydrometer.Finally, the chapter on the ureters and the bladder says nothing that cannot be found in any good textbook.It is barely relevant and could well be omitted.These criticisms are minor.The author is to be congratulated on a splendid book.Every teacher of physiology will need a copy for his private library.Many undergraduates will do well to buy it.Hospital physicians and surgeons ought to read it.