Sixth edition. Edited by Edward S. Henderson, T. Andrew Lister, and Mel F. Greaves. 619 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1996. $195. ISBN 0-7216-5381-2. Third edition. Edited by Peter H. Wiernik, George P. Canellos, Janice P. Dutcher, and Robert A. Kyle. 1240 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1996. $229.95. ISBN 0-443-07600-6.
The first edition of Leukemia, published by Grune and Strattonin 1958, was a pioneering account by two preeminent hematologists,William Dameshek of Boston and Fred Gunz of Christchurch, NewZealand, of the origins of leukemia, the manifestations of itsvarious forms, and its treatment. Extensively illustrated withphotomicrographs, radiographs, and superb watercolor paintingsof leukemia cells by Professor Kawakita of Kumamoto City, Japan,Leukemia is a milestone in the literature of hematology. Thenumerous marginal notes and heavy underlining in my copy bearwitness to the excitement the book evoked in a junior hematologistwho was struggling to understand . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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