Priv.-Assoc. G. A. Baksht. Variability and metabolism. State Medical Publishing House: 1929, 196 pages, c. 1 p. 55 r.

The book is a series of lectures given by the author in the courses for advanced training of doctors at the Obstetric and Gynecological Institute in Leningrad. In addition to the preface by prof. RV Kiparsky, the book contains the following chapters: I. Changes in the physicochemical properties of blood during pregnancy. II. Nitrogen exchange. III. Carbohydrate metabolism. IV. Fat metabolism. V. Mineral exchange. Vi. The doctrine of the "acidosis" of blood during pregnancy. Vii. Changes in endocrine organs during pregnancy. VIII. The doctrine of the autonomic nervous system and its changes during pregnancy. IX. Reticuloendothelial apparatus and pregnancy, and applications: a) pigmentation; b) the liver of pregnant women and c) fluctuations in enzymatic functions during pregnancy. It should be noted the successful arrangement of the material, and at the beginning of each chapter the author gives a general theoretical or anatomical and physiological introduction and coverage of the section presented in this chapter. The appearance of such a manual in Russian is quite timely, since the question of metabolism during pregnancy is interpreted and presented by the author from the point of view of the latest trends in the physiology and pathology of pregnancy — changes in the physicochemical state of the colloidal environment of the tissues of a pregnant woman.