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By William Montagna, Albert M. Kligman, and Kay S. Carlisle. 384 pp. Boston, Springer-Verlag, 1992. $125. ISBN 0-387-97769-4.

This book is a gallery of normal human cutaneous microanatomy. It consists of 180 color or black-and-white photographic plates organized into chapters that correspond to the various components of the skin: epidermis, dermis, blood vessels, sensory organs, glands, hair follicles, and hypodermis.

The pictorial material is of varying quality, but for the most part it is beautiful. Each plate consists of one to six photographs showing skin samples processed by a variety of techniques, mostly aniline and silver staining, enzyme histochemical analysis, and transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Occasional gross-anatomical photographs and diagrams are included. There is a rich assortment . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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