Practical Blood Grouping

This is the second book on blood grouping techniques that has been published in England in recent years. This book is more than a dry presentation of methods, since it gives a coherent account of blood group serology, and each point that is made is illustrated by a brief case history. Included in the book are 74 such cases, which enliven the presentation. The usefulness of this excellent review of blood group methodology, however, is seriously impaired by the inclusion of the same misconceptions and mistakes which have stigmatized the literature on blood groups for more than a decade. To mention only a few examples the authors cite with seeming approval the recent numerous investigations purporting to show an association between particular A-B-O groups and disease but fail to mention any of the criticisms which have been leveled against these reports by Wiener, Manuila, and others. The authors again cite