Haemoglobin: A Symposium Based on a Conference Held at Cambridge in June 1948 in Memory of Sir Joseph Barcroft

Abstract

This valuable book consists of the papers delivered at a symposium held in Cambridge, England, in June 1948. The publication is in memory of Sir Joseph Barcroft and opens with biographic tributes of eight physiologists who had known him personally. The scientific papers are grouped under the headings: (1) Reversible Reactions with Oxygen and Carbon Monoxide, (2) Analysis and Amino Acid Composition of Hemoglobin and Myoglobins, (3) X-Ray Crystallography, (4) Biochemical and Physiological Aspects, (5) Differences Between Adult and Fetal Hemoglobin and (6) Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology of Oxygen Carriers. These contributions are made by 31 workers from England, the United States, Italy, Sweden, France and Holland. The papers are concise and well written and usually are presentations of the work of the authors in a well digested form. An author index, but not a subject index, is given. A remarkable amount of material is covered in the book; it