Haematology in Diagnosis and Treatment

Of all the authors who in a preface threaten to write a book for student use, very few actually do so. Most works started with this intent are directed ultimately to the author's peers or to the advanced student. The resulting effort to make the book comprehensive usually makes it incomprehensible to the beginning student. Construction of a textbook must proceed primarily from pedagogic principles rather than from the structure of knowledge in the field under consideration. Unfortunately, there are relatively few true student textbooks.

The above is preliminary to saying that Drs. Maizels, Prankerd, and Richards have made an honest effort to carry out their intent of producing a book on a broad range of topics in hematology for student needs. Many topics are introduced almost as definitions, and without much development. However, this leaves room for the didactically important issues such as correlation of pathological physiology, laboratory derived