Introduction to physiological chemistry / by Meyer Bodansky.

  • Meyer Bodansky
Date:
1934
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Credit: Introduction to physiological chemistry / by Meyer Bodansky. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In aiding the student to correlate physiological chemistry with allied sciences and to define its scope, a textbook fulfils a very useful purpose. A small book, if it is sufficiently coherent and comprehensive, is likely to serve this purpose better than a large one, valuable as the latter may be as a source of reference. It was this idea that stimulated the author to write the present book. He has aimed to make it brief enough for use as an introductory volume and yet to give it sufficient scope to cover the field comprehensively. Laboratory methods and the descrip- tion of tests have been omitted intentionally, since they are to be found in laboratory manuals devoted to the subject. The main aspects of physiological chemistry have been developed in relation to recent advances in the science. It is hoped that in this way the student will be afforded not only a knowledge of fundamental principles but also a realization of the developmental state of the subject. It is obvious that a certain amount of condensation has been neces- sary, but the author hopes that he has not condensed the material at the expense of vital information. Wherever he has felt that collateral reading would be desirable, he has referred the student to easily accessi- ble sources, such as journal articles, reviews, monographs, and other works. The student who enters upon the study of physiological chem- istry is, strictly speaking, not a beginner. He is not unfamiliar with the principles of inorganic and organic chemistry, and in many cases he has received some training in physico-chemical concepts. He has therefore attained sufficient maturity to profit by collateral reading. For a considerable amount of the material the author was dependent upon various books and journal articles. To the authors of these he takes this opportunity to acknowledge his debt of gratitude. Physio- logical Reviews, edited for the American Physiological Society and pub- lished by the Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md., and the Monographs on Biochemistry,’’ edited by R. H. A. Plimmer and F. G. Hopkins and published by Messrs. Longmans, Green and Co., have been of especial value to the author in helping him to correlate and synthesize the vast literature on the subject of physiological chemistry. He also takes this opportunity to express his gratitude to Dr. Graham Lusk and
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