Book Reviews KOSMETIKUM FEINSEIFE, ABRISS SEIN- • n TECHNOLOCm, by Dieter Osterorb, Dr. Alfred Hutbig Verlag GmbH, Heidelberg, 1972. x + 152 pages, il- lustrated and indexed. In contrast to their American col- leagues, cosmetic chemists in Europe show a great deal of interest in the production of high-grade soap toilet bars. It is not surprising, therefore, to find that the recently begun series of monographs on cosmetics includes this survey of the technology of cos- metic soaps. Most of this volume is devoted to a description of the industrial equip- ment needed to produce the type of soap commonly referred to as French milled in the United States. The emphasis throughout the book is on production, not on chemistry or physics of the resulting product. A series of chapters is devoted to saponification and the production of basic soap either by the batch pro- cess or by the continuous processes developed by Mazzoni or by Lurgi, while the older Sharples process is mentioned only in passing. The equipment required for the produc- tion of the milled soap and the nec- essary roller mills, plodders, and presses are described in much de- tail. The author's major concern are commercial European installations and flow diagrams. This booklet is expected to be of primary interest to those American readers who are in- volved in soap production. Only a few pages are devoted to the chemi- cal problems which may occur dur- ing the production of toilet soaps. These few pages plus the 10-15 pages concerned with deodorants, super fatting agents, etc., comprise the portion of the book which would be of interest to typical American cosmetic chemists. It is particularly unfortunate that the book evidently went to press early during 1972 and is, therefore, already hopelessly out of date in view of Governmental regulations banning many of the ad- ditives still listed in this volume. This book can be recommended to anyone who is interested in the production of a high quality soap by the sophisticated processes devel- oped in recent years in Europe. To the scientist who is interested in the chemistry and the physics of soap bars this book will be a great disap- pointment.--MAaTI• M. RIEGER-- Warner Lambert 109

110 JOUBNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATI-IOPHYSIOL- oG•r oF TUE SKIN, Vols. 1 and II, edi- ted by A. Jarrett, Academic Press Inc., New York, 1973. Vol. I, 343 pages, price 7.50 pounds Vol. II, 805 pages, 9.80 pounds both volumes are illustrated. This is a remarkable new book which brings together the contents of hundreds of papers on the normal and abnormal skin. It should be es- pecially interesting and useful to the practicing dermatologist in provid- ing him with a sound reference source for skin diseases and their underlying causes, and in helping him solve some of his clinical prob- lems. The book stresses the dynamic na- ture of the skin as a constantly changing organ. Volume I is con- cerned with the anatomy and physi- ology of normal and abnormal epi- dermis in relation to its turnover and keratinization. Chapter 2, "The Bio- chemistry of the Epidermis," is of special interest to the cosinetic chemist. Volume II deals with the anatomy, physiology, experimental psychology, and pathology of the cutaneous blood vessels and nerves. One of the strengths of the work is the number of good quality illustra- tions and photomicrographs of the normal and abnormal skin. The book is written primarily for the practic- ing dermatologist to give him a background in skin physiology on which to base his diagnoses, but it will also be of interest to some cos- metic scientists, especially toxicolo- gists. A superficial treatment of allergic skin diseases, especially re- lated to cosmetics and other environ- mental chemicals, is one of the chief drawbacks of the book. The other drawback is a rather brief index, which is only partially overcome by the outlines preceding each chapter. I would recommend the book for in- clusion in the library of every insti- tution where epidermal toxicity and anatomy are of primary concern.- CmUqLES O. WAm,-St. John's Uni- versity, College of Pharmacy and Al- lied Health Professions COSMETICS: SCIENCE AND TECIINOL- ocY, 2rid Ed., edited by M. S. Balsam and Edward Sagarin, Wiley-Inter- science, New York, 1972. Vol. 1, xvii + 605 pages, indexed. Vol. 2, xii + 691 pages, indexed. Price $47.50 for two volumes. The first two volumes of the long- awaited second edition of the thulnb-worn Sagarin treatise that we have all used for 15 years are finally with us. In this edition, Edward Sag- arin has been joined by Marvin S. Balsam as co-editor, and they have assembled a distinguished Editorial Board. The work generally succeeds in its goal. Many chapters provide an ex- cellent balance of history, theory, practice, prototype formulas, and ex- haustive coverage of the literature. To the extent that it reflects what is in the public literature and what is in the author's experience, I am sure the information is dependable. As to whether each chapter truly re- flects industry-wide practice, there is