Download or read book A Treatise on Comparative Embryology written by Francis Maitland Balfour and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balfour became professor of animal morphology in 1882 which was the same year he died in a mountaineering accident. This work sums up all the previous knowledge on the subject and includes his own important contributions.