A Scientific Book Club selection, this comprehensive account of the nature and function of the hormones in the processes of sex and reproduction. Originally published in 1942. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
By:
George Washington Corner
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 3944
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 127mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780691627724
ISBN 10: 069162772X
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 15 February 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. ix*CONTENTS, pg. xiii*LIST OF PLATES, pg. xvii*CHAPTER I. THE PLACE OF THE HIGHER ANIMALS, $ OF MANKIND IN PARTICULAR, IN THE GENERAL SCHEME OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. THE HUMAN EGG AND THE ORGANS THAT MAKE AND CARE FOR IT, pg. 31*CHAPTER IIIOTA. THE OVARY AS TIMEPIECE, pg. 60*CHAPTER IV. THE HORMONE OF PREPARATION AND MATURITY, pg. 75*CHAPTER V. A HORMONE FOR GESTATION, pg. 99*CHAPTER VI. THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, pg. 131*CHAPTER VII. ENDOCRINE ARITHMETIC, pg. 175*CHAPTER VIII. THE HORMONES IN PREGNANCY, pg. 195*CHAPTER IX. THE MALE HORMONE, pg. 213*APPENDIX. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE SEX GLAND HORMONES, pg. 239*INDEX, pg. 269