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In 1932 the first edition of this comprehensive work made its appearance. Its thoroughly sound and scholarly contributions favored the printing of a later edition to include revisions and amplifications naturally anticipated in so rapidly a growing field. This second edition, published in 1939, contains new material on the physiology of the pituitary gland, and on the chemistry of androgenic and estrogenic substances, as well as up-to-date views on endocrine interrelationships. This volume has twenty-eight contributors, many of whom are celebrated investigators. The arrangement of the material is in five sections, with about five chapters devoted to each major topic.
This book is thought provoking and well written; it is extremely useful for reference purposes. The serious student of human motivations will easily recognize that physiological and biochemical research of the present day considers problems closely allied to those in his field. The fact that the contents of this book include much data relevant to man will engage the physician's interest. This is a refreshing contrast to many similar symposia, undeniably valuable, but frequently quite removed from any conceivable application to man's problems. These basic studies require correlation with views on psychosexual phenomena derived by psychological techniques. The nature of physioneuroses, anxiety mechanisms, somatic and visceral responses to repression and to incomplete orgastic discharge are among the problems still in need of urgent