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This is a sound review by an active member of the staff at the Berlin Institute of Physiology and confines itself essentially to the physiology of the sympathetic system from the commencement of the discoveries of Langley. The introductory section dealing with the sympathetic and parasympathetic from the anatomical point of view is brief and to the point. The innervation of the heart and blood vessels is followed by a resume of the work on the innervation of the respiratory and uro-genital systems. The alimentary canal, the eye and the skin are adequately treated. The whole problem of glandular secretion is presented in a logical manner. The various attempts to elucidate the afferent side of the splanchnic system, on the basis of Head's clinical assumption that there is a protopathic afferent supply to the viscera, is an interesting indication of the trend of research, and the work of Boeke, Kulchitsky, Hunter and Royle in relation to the double innervation of striped muscle is accurately presented. The small amount of work in relation to the localisation of the centres for control of the vegetative system, along with the recent advances in the surgery of the system, concludes the review. The bibliography is not the least useful part of the work and an asset to the neurologist. Bradley's Anatomy of the Dog has served a three-fold purpose. It has been a standard textbook for the veterinary student, has been a substantial introduction to comparative anatomy for many medical students and has been a 518 Reviews

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