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A reprint of considerable interest to historians and physicians is Thomas Hall'sHistory of General Physiology, a paperback reprinting of the 1969 work that originally had the title,Ideas of Life and Matter: Studies in the History of General Biology. The original title was more descriptive and more accurate. Most of the chapters deal each with the ideas of individual philosophers, physicians, or scientists, proceeding in chronological order from 600 BC to AD 1900. The common thread is the attitude toward the nature of life and the relationship between the living and the nonliving. In the modern period, a special emphasis rests on vitalism on the one hand, and chemistry and psychology on the other. The book will be helpful to those who seek an introduction to the individual thinkers who have contributed to biology, especially to aspects of vitalism and the chemical and physical basis of life. The book,
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