1985, ISBN: 9781231355534

Springer. Paperback. New. Paperback. 1056 pages. Dimensions: 9.6in. x 6.7in. x 2.1in.Traditional Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years by a large population. It is curre… Meer...

Springer. Paperback. New. Paperback. 1056 pages. Dimensions: 9.6in. x 6.7in. x 2.1in.Traditional Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years by a large population. It is currently still serving many of the health needs of the Chinese people; and still enjoying their confi dence it is practised in China in parallel with modern Western medical treatment. In addition to scientific organisations dedi cated to modern Western medicine, e. g. the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and various medical schools, a series of parallel institutions have been established in China to promote traditional Chinese medicine, such as the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and training institutions. Almost all hospitals in China have a department of traditional medicine. Furthermore, a large number of scientific journals are dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine, covering both experimental and clinical investigations. Medicinal materials constitute a key topic in the treatment of disease according to traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia (1985 edition) is therefore divided into two sepa rate volumes, Volume I containing traditional Chinese medicinal materials and preparations and Volume II containing pharmaceu tics of Western medicine. The oldest Chinese review of medicinal materials, Shennong Bencao Jing (100-200 A. D. ), covered 365 herbal drugs. The clas sic compilation in this field, Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), was published in 1578 by Li Shi-zhen and recorded as many as 1898 crude drugs of plant, animal and min eral origin. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Springer, Springer. Paperback. New. Paperback. 440 pages. Dimensions: 10.0in. x 6.8in. x 1.0in.The 12th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances was held from 26th to 31st August 1985 in Heidelberg, F. R. G. , under the auspices of the IPGSA (International Plant Growth Sub stances Association) and the University of Heidelberg in its 599th year. As many as 750 participants from 40 countries all over the world attended the conference, including guests and staff members of the local organizers. Fine days provided an excellent background for a fruitful and pleasant meeting and all the activities accompanying the scientific programme. During the conference all current aspects concerning growth substances were treated. Altogether the par ticipants presented 207 oral reports organized in four parallel sessions and about 300 posters, for which 2 hours poster sessions were reserved each day. The conference gained in perspective from the arrangement of five workshops in which special aspects and the most recent results could be presented by specialists in the particular fields. The topics of the workshop were: actual methods of hormone detection (orga nizer H. Kende), auxin transport (organizer R. Hertel), growth sub stances and tumour formation (organizer J. Schroder), evolution of the hormone system (organizer W. Jacobs) and problems of ap plication (organizer J. Jung). The abstracts of all presentations were collected in a Book of Abstracts available during the conference, giving a rough surveY of the whole field of plant growth substances in its present state. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Springer, Springer. Paperback. New. Paperback. 497 pages. Dimensions: 9.0in. x 6.1in. x 1.1in.An intriguing class of biological periodicity consists of rhythms with about 24-hour periods occurring at every level of eukaryotic organization. Progress is being made in understanding these rhythms. The six chapters of this work include a brief introduction to circadian (24-hour) rhythms, a survey of circadian organization at the cellular level, and a description of the important microorganisms that have served as experimental models for biochemical analysis. Also considered are relations between cell division cycles and circadian oscillators, as well as some general and theoretical aspects. Where appropriate, parallels are drawn to neuronal oscillators. This volume will introduce and critically appraise modern chronobiology; its extensive illustrations and comprehensive up-to-date bibliography will make it an authoritative reference. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Springer, Springer. Paperback. New. Paperback. 445 pages. Dimensions: 10.0in. x 7.0in. x 1.0in.While advances in modem medicine largely parallel our understanding of morphology, discoveries in morphology are propelled by developments of new tools and means to visualize and measure tissue elements. The invention of dissecting, light, fluorescence and electron microscopes together with advances in labeling and staining techniques are among the stepping stones of morphological progress. Today, we are in an exciting new era when classical morphology is being combined with developments from other disciplines. The combination of morphology and immunology resulted in immunocytochemistry; morphology and molecular biology led to in situ hybridization and in situ PCR. Adding computer science to morphology gave birth to image analysis. Combining laser technology and the microsope evolved into confocal microscope. For more than a decade, modem morphology has continued to develop by merging with other disciplines at a rate that is still gathering momentum, providing exciting and dynamic new frontiers for other biological fields. Modem Methods in Analytical Morphology, based largely on the First International Workshop on Modem Methods in Analytical Histochemistry, is an updated review of the current trends in the field. It covers an extensive array of new technical developments in major disciplines of modem morphology. The authors are not only leaders in their fields but also have extensive hands on experience with bench work. Their chapters are written in a comprehensive manner including discussion of both theoretical considerations and practical applications to give the readers a broad view of the topics covered. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., Springer, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 856 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.7in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: . . . intestine, also Icel. , OHG. gum, Ger. Gam, j. S. gearn, Engl. yarn). A name applied chiefly to the running ringing of a ship and to the rope of which the rigging is made. See Rigging; Rope. CORDAITES, kOrda-Itez (Xeo-Lat. nom. pi. , named in honor of A. J. Corda). A genus of fossil plants, of the family Cordaitse, that shows intermediate characters between the conifers and the cycads. The genus appeared in Devonian time, reaching its maximum during the coal-measure period, when it was an important forest tree of the coal-swamp flora, and declined during the Permian. The tree grew to a height of thirty to fifty feet, with a trunk that branched freely, and it had dense foliage of parallel-veined leaves of lanceolate or linear form. These leaves are found in great abundance in some coal-measure shales, where they often lie packed in layers as do the fallen leaves of a modern forest. In the Middle Devonian of New Brunswick. Canada, a formation is called the Cordaites shale, because of the number of Cordaites leaves it contains. The inflorescence of Cordaites was separate as in the cycads, and the male and female elements were arranged in catkins placed in the axils of the leaves. The fructification is nut-like, resembling somewhat that of the yew or that of Cycas revoluta (a cycad), and has been described under the names Cardiocarpum, Trigonocarpum, etc. These fossil nuts are often exceedingly abundant. The trunk had a large pith, which often decayed to form a cavity of which the casts, known as Artesio; and Stcrnbergia, are found on the dumps of some coal mines. The wood of the trunk, described partly as Arauearoxylon, has a microscopic structure remarkably like that of the conifers. Consult H. Graf zu Solms-Laubach, Fossil Botany, pp. 104-122 (Oxford, 1891). . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<