Clinical Laboratory Methods and Diagnosis: A Textbook on Laboratory Procedures with Their Interpretation

This edition has been thoroughly revised and brought down to date. Each chapter contains enough of physiology and pathology for comprehension and interpretation of the tests that are mentioned. In the preface Gradwohl states that more than 100 pages have been added to the chapter on hematology, that complete data on the theories of blood development are given and that twenty-four color plates have been added. The views of several authorities are always included; footnote references to printed matter are abundant. The entire section on helminthology was written by Prof. Pedro Kouri of Havana, Cuba. Besides the customary chapters on each division of routine laboratory work, this book contains several interesting chapters on postmortem examinations, toxicologic technic and detection of crime by laboratory methods. This is valuable information for the rare occasions when even the smallest laboratory is called on to trace a questionable cause of illness or death. The