796 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS THE PROTEINS--CoMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, VOL. III, edited by Hans Neurath. 2nd Edi- tion, Academic Press, New York and London, 1965. 585 pages, illus- trated and indexed. Price $21. This, the third volume of this mas- sive compendium, upholds the tradi- tion of excellence established by Volumes I and II. The subjects covered in this volume are rather diverse, although there is some over- lap of information. Two chapters are concerned with general characteristics of proteins. The first of these, Fractionation of Proteins by Sober and co-authors, deals with methods of purification and separation of proteins and is primarily descriptive. The second chapter, by Weber and Teale, deals with the interaction of proteins with radiation. This chapter is interesting reading it should be of particular value to cos- metic chemists who are concerned with the interaction of proteins with u.v. radiation. However, as is so often the case in books containing contributions by various authors, the lack of cross references in this chapter is painfully apparent. Certainly, brief references to the appropriate material on spectral data and X-ray structure in Volumes I and II would have been appropriate. The remaining four chapters of this volume are concerned with a detailed examination of the structure and function of a variety of proteins, i.e., those of viruses, plasma, antigens and antibodies, and blood coagulation. These chapters are, of course, of primary interest to students or ex- perts in these particular fields. Suf- fice it to say that the novice will need much effort to master the diversity of information included in these four chapters. As a result, this reviewer feels that the inclusion of detailed discussions of specialized proteins in this general treatise might be ques- tioned. Again a lack of cross refer- ences is noted, especially between the chapter on antigens and antibodies and that on plasma proteins. Careful study of this book should be rewarding and informative for most readers. On the other hand, the detailed and comprehensive treat- ment of specialized topics in several chapters appears to be the main value of this particular volume.--M. M. RIEoE}•--Warner-Lambert Research Institute.

AUTHOR INDEX TO VOLUME XVI Anderson, C. A., and Truter, E. V., Hy- drolysis of wax-esters in emulsions, 447 Battista, S. P., and McSweeney, E. S., Jr., Approaches to a quantitative method for testing eye irritation, 119 Baxter, B. H., see Puttnam, N. A. Bean, H. S., Heman-Ackah, S. M., and Thomas, J., The activity of antibac- terials in two-phase systems, 16 Beil, W., Protection of raw materials by chemical patents, 261 Birkelo, E., and Johnson, T., The effect of linear fatty amides in the benzylation of fatty alkyldimethylamines in aqueous media, 547 Brookins, M. G., The action of hair sprays on hair, 309 Brown, A. R., Protection of the pack and its contents against UV light, 221 Brown, M. R. W., and Norton, D. A., The preservation of ophthalmic prepara- tions, 369 Bryce, D. M., and Smart, R., The preserva- tion of shampoos, 187 Buettner, K. J. K., The moisture of human skin as affected by water transfer, 133 Burt, B. W., An approach to emulsion formulation, 479 Carriere, G., see Wilkinson, J. B. Carson, S., Weinberg, M. S., and Gold- hamer, R., An improved method for testing the safety of hair dye prepara- tions, 747 Caul, J. F., and Raymond, S. A., Principles of consumer product testing, 763 Conrad, L. I., Maso, H. F., and DeRagon, S. A., The influence of lanolin deriva- tives on dispersed systems, 1. The dispersion of pigments in nonaqueous liquids, 617 Czetsch Lindenwald, H., E1 Khawas, F., and Tawashi, R., Effect of moisture on the properties of corn starch particles, 251 DeRagon, S. A., see Conrad, L. I. Dodds, E. C., The hormonal background of the skin, 431 Ebling, F. J., The sebaceous glands, 405 E1 Khawas, F., see Czetsch Lindenwald, H. Finlayson, G. R., see Smith, J. G., Jr. Fox, C., see Thau, P. Gerende, L. J., Some statistical aspects of the safety of cosmetics, 145 Goldemberg, R. L., Use of anti-irritants in cosmetic formulating, 317 797 Goldhamer, R., see Carson, S. Gonet, F. R., see Lange, W. E. Hemen-Ackah, S. M., see Bean, H. S. Henderson, W. S., see SuiTis, R. Herring, D. E., A simple u.v. absorptimeter for the estimation of certain nonionic emulsifiers and other aromatic com- pounds, 79 Herzka, A., The behaviour of lanolin deriva- tives in pressurized formulations II, 31 Hoch, S. G., see Russell, K. L. Ippen, H., see Ippen, M. Ippen, M., and Ippen, H., Approaches to a prophylaxis of skin aging, 305 Jacobi, O. K., Biochemistry and physiology as foundations for cosmetics, 729 Johnson, T., see Birkelo, E. Kleinfeld, V. A., The role of government in the field of cosmetics, 85 Kligman, A.M., and Papa, C. M., Albumin as an antiwrinkling cosmetic, 557 Laden, K., A comparative chemical study of dandruff flakes, skin scrapings and callus, 491 Laden, K., and Zielinski, R., The reaction of a-hydroxymethyl ketones with skin and amino acids, 777 Lammers, T., The influence of antimicrobi- ally active substances on skin flora, 687 Lange, H., Comments on the theory of emulsion stability, 697 Lange, W. E., and Gonet, F. R., Aqueous topical adhesives. I. Film forming base, 563 Lange, W. E., and Mezikofsky, M. R., Soluble brominated salicylanilides, 341 Leddicotte, G. W., and Wahl, W. H., An evaluation of the potentials of neutron activation analysis in cosmetic chem- istry, 571 Lee, S., see Puttnam, N. A. Levi, L., see Nigarn, M. C. Maso, H. F., see Conrad, L. I. McNamara, T. F., Steinbach, M. L., and Schwartz, B. S., Skin substantivity as a criterion in the evaulation of anti- microbials, 499 McSweeney, E. S., Jr., see Battista, S. P. Mercer, E. H., The contribution of the resistant cell membranes to the proper-- ties of keratinized tissues, 507 Mezikofsky, M. R., see Lange, W. E. Neuwald, F., and Winkler, A., Stability and tolerance of different oils used in cosmetics, 679