. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. J »ods of ill be them ways, what prog- iicrease in until [traspe- »ists in htellec- ice and Lements 'alisms; |(1 study lynam- |a study limita- )n with unique lim in a ter [es the of the la sur- from nary," story ;ome- »ublic arms spirit. por- uconic, Iffrail" comes Inse to )es. ;uper- fcalled 'es in ^s the tdants ?on at )rious fleet. |tmen, luired sea rn the »ssion he's [n't as Toseph gets igilely nd Structure Human Biology In Survey Review
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. J »ods of ill be them ways, what prog- iicrease in until [traspe- »ists in htellec- ice and Lements 'alisms; |(1 study lynam- |a study limita- )n with unique lim in a ter [es the of the la sur- from nary," story ;ome- »ublic arms spirit. por- uconic, Iffrail" comes Inse to )es. ;uper- fcalled 'es in ^s the tdants ?on at )rious fleet. |tmen, luired sea rn the »ssion he's [n't as Toseph gets igilely nd Structure Human Biology In Survey Reviewed hy Ralph Peterson MAN IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION. By Fritz Kahn. Translated by George Rosen^ Knopf. 1,083 pp. (Two Vols.) $10. TT HAPPENS in the routine course of trade Publishing that occasionally a scholar and a pub- lisher break bread over the notion of encompassing infinity in a Sin- gle work. Some of these attempts have resulted in notable liter- ature, such as the Beard's "Rise of American Civilization" series, and Sandburg's monumental study of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Fritz Kahn*s complete sur- vey of human biology, under the considerable title, "Man in Struc- ture and Function," may v e r y well join this impressive Company. In it, the author discusses the lifo of the human being from concep- tion to death. With merciless scientific efficiency he proceeds to lay bare the entire framework of biology to the layman. Fre- quent illustrations and diagrams, nearly 500 in all, illuminate his prose. Dr. Kahn categorizes his sub- ject into 10 sections. Briefly, these are: development of the indi- vidual, skeleton, musculature, cir- culation, respiration, digestion, nutrition, skin and sensory Or- gans, and sex. In the latter sections of his study, Dr. Kahn ventures a pre- diction on the future of biologi- cal man. Now that the kwowledge that it is unnatural to die of "dis- eases of old age" before 75 is com- monplace, he wants us to change t
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