RT Journal
T1 CLinical hæmatology in medical practice
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD March 21
VO 169
IS 12
SP 1397
OP 1397
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03000290123041
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03000290123041
AB The purpose of this book is to "bridge the gap between the inevitably short and incomplete descriptions of blood diseases found in text books of general medicine and the large comprehensive and heavily documented haematological reference books and monographs." The criticism against heavy documentation has been corrected, and the references for further reading show many contributions of British authors. The textual emphasis is on the diagnosis and clinical management of standard diseases involving the blood and blood-forming organs. Details of technique are not supplied, but enough data are given to help understand the results of laboratory examinations. Bone marrow is emphasized in connection with each disease, including photographs of tissue sections. A useful feature is a series of tables summarizing the data to be studied in investigating different diseases, or in tabulating other material of importance in connection with each syndrome ( e. g., plasma clotting factors, laboratory tests in disorders