Book Description

Excerpt from The Eggs of Mammals I should like to express my appreciation to Dr. J B. Collip, Dr. H. Selye, Dr. D. L. Thomson, and Dr. W. J Crozier for their kindness in reading the manuscript of this book before publication. Their comments have been taken advantage of in a manner for Which I, not they, em responsible. I em indebted too to Dr. F. H. A. Marshall and Mr. J ohn Ham mond of Cambridge University for encouragement and interest Which led to the undertaking of this monograph, and to my friend and collaborator Dr. E. V. Enzmann Who actively assisted in a number of the investigations herein described. The National Research Council Committee for Problems of Sex and the J osiah Macy J r. Foundation pro vided grants making possible most of my own work, and the preparation of the monograph itself is due in no small measure to their assistance. To the editors and publishers of the following journals I em indebted for permission to reprint the various tables and figures indicated in the text: the American J ournal of Anatomy, the American J ournal of Physiology, the Anatomical Record, Archives de Biologie, the Biological Bulletin, the Carnegie I nstitution of Wash ington Publications in Embryology, the J ournal of Anatomy, the J ournal of Experimental Biology, the J ournal of Experi mental M edicine, the J oumal of Experimental Zodlogy, the J ournal of M orphology, the Quarterly Review of Biology, and the Proceedings of the Royal Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.