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Lipids and Lipidoses. I 3 i t e d by ot,tiei,sof lipid tiietahilism~iii mi rhe ettrretit developmetit !if lipid * arid I)ioc~heriii.-t pertiiieut to utitlerstaiidittg these eo es.*e state>. O n t h t . whole, the t ~ ~ i t h i i rhave s admirably >ticreeded i l l pwseritiiig :i re:rdahle itrid iiiterestirig ac.rotiiit, which covers ihe siibject i t t reasoiiable depth :itid/iir provides amplr refererices t ( I ot~igiti:il soiirces. P a r t I, :lib-edited hy \V. SI offel i i i i i l designated "Lipids;" ciiiitairis chapters elititled The Chernibtry of 1Iammaliari Lipid(\T. St offel), BiochemiGtry of Triglycerides (R. Shapiro), Riochemistrj, of Steroid.: iI ) . Krit chewky), Biochemistry of I'hribphatides (I?. J. Rossiter), Biochemistry of Sphingosine Chiitaitiiiig Lipids (Ft. 1 f . Riirtori), Lipoprot,ei~is(I). G. Coriiwell), atttl Methods for Separatioii :tnd I)et~ermitiat,ioii of Lipids (1 I . \Vage~ier). This rection, by far of greatest practical interesi t o the medicirial cheniiut, comprises less thitri half the book :2 1 0 pp). The treatmetit r l i ,ubjeot, matter it1 these chapt,ers ranges froiii what amounts t,o ct cataloging of striictures with brief co~niiierit:ir>. iti t.he Chemistry of l\lummalian Lipids chapter (e.(/.,tr,t:~l (if i i t i i :
