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The Natural History Library $1.45 NIO :^rom Philosoph HOMER W. SMITH A Doubleday Anchor The American Museum ofNatural History Clifford Harding BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT FROM FISH TO PHILOSOPHER HOMER w. SMITH is onc of the outstanding figures in modem physiology. Presently Chairman of the Depart- ment and Professor of Physiology at the New York Uni- versity School of Medicine, he has undertaken extensive researches on the structure and function of the kidney, and has written, in addition to numerous scientific arti- cles, the following key works on the subject: The Physi- ology of the Kidney; The Kidney: Structure and Func- tion in Health and Disease; and Principles of Rerml Physiology. Bomin Denver, Colorado, in 1895, ^^ prepared for a careerinmedicine at the UniversityofDenverwhere he received his A.B. degree, and went on to Johns Hopkins University for his Sc.D. degree. As a National Research CouncilFellowin Physiology, Dr. Smith studied for two years at the Harvard Medical School. A recipient of the Passano and Lasker awards, and a former Guggenheim fellow, he has also been awarded the Presidential Medal for Merit. Dr. Smith is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, theAmericanPhysiological Society, the Ameri- can Society for Biological Chemists, the Association for American Physicians, the Society for Experimental Biol- ogy and Medicine. Formerly president of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, he is presently a trustee of the Bermuda Laboratory for Biological Re- search. He is also the author of Kamongo: The Lungfish and the Padre, a novel; The End of Illusion, and Man and His Gods. THE NATURALHISTORYLIBRARYmakesavailablein paperback format books of enduring interest in the life and earth sciences. Published in co- operation with The American Museum of Natu- ral History by Doubleday Anchor Books, this series introduces the student and the general reader to the study of man—his origins, his na- ture, and his environment—and to the whole natural world, from sub-microscopic life to the universe at large. The series is guided by a board at The Ameri- can Museum of Natural History consisting of: Franklyn M. Branley, Associate Astronomer, De- partment of Astronomy; Charles M. Bogert, Chairman and Curator, Department of Herpetol- ogy; E. Thomas Gilliard, Associate Curator, De- partment of Ornithology; Gordon F. Ekholm, Curator of Mexican Archaeology, Department of Anthropology; and Bobb Schaeffer, Curator, De- partment of Vertebrate Paleontology. FROM TO FISH PHILOSOPHER HOMER W. SMITH WITH 11 ILLUSTRATIONS PUBLISHED IN CO-OPERATION WITH TEE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY THE NATURAL HISTORY LIBRARY ANCHOR BOOKS DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC. GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK The Natural History Library Edition, 1961 byspecialarrangementwithLittle, Brownand Company and CIBA Pharmaceutical Products Inc. Copyright© 1961byTheAmericanMuseumof Natural History Copyright 1953, 1959,byHomerW. Smith All Rights Reserved Printedinthe UnitedStatesofAmerica FOR MARGARET AND HOMER WILSON SMITH
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