RT Journal
T1 CLinical atlas of blood diseases
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD February 4
VO 112
IS 5
SP 468
OP 468
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800050082037
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800050082037
AB Many physicians are familiar with this concise atlas of hematology. The present revision comprises rewriting of much of the text and the addition of five new plates. The authors have carefully considered the inclusion of an index but have decided to arrange the table of contents in alphabetical order and append page numbers to the entries in the glossary as a means of facilitating reference. While most physicians will use the book chiefly as an atlas, others will find the epitomized text useful in refreshing themselves on clinical hematology. Under the discussion of glandular fever some mention should be made of the fact that the determination of heterophile antibody is useful when the blood smear is doubtful. The plate on glandular fever would also be more valuable if it pictured more than one type of cell found in glandular fever. Since bone marrow study is being undertaken with increasing frequency,