| + + | Spec. 97: 201. Ag. 11, ’06. 1330w. |
Johnston, John Black. Nervous system of vertebrates; il. *$3. Blakiston.
6–35709.
“A text-book of functional neurology. The unit of description is the functional system of neurones, that is, the aggregate of related neurones which co-operate in the performance of any given type of reflex movement.... While this work is primarily a text-book of the morphology of the nervous system, its great merit lies in the fact that its facts so far as they go also express the functions of the parts, so that comparative physiology and comparative psychology will both find in it an immediate point of departure, for their special researches.”—Science.
“A volume of this kind has been needed in English.”
| + | Ind. 63: 1178. N. 14, ’07. 110w. |
“The book will be of great use to all engaged in instruction or research. It would be easy to point out omissions in the text and topics which deserve more adequate treatment. Satisfaction with certain features of the author’s terminology is alloyed by his indifference to the labors of his predecessors in that regard.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 20. Ja. 3, ’07. 730w. |
“The book gives the impression of having been written by an able zoologist interested in neurology, rather than by a pure neurologist, and therein lies a good deal of its value. In the present work the author presents a very readable and succinct account of his subject, which forms a valuable and welcome addition to the literature relating to it.” W. Page May.