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Volume 331:1722-1723 December 22, 1994 Number 25
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Hematology: Thrombosis and Hemorrhage
Hemostasis and Thrombosis: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice
The Hemorrhagic Disorders: A Clinical and Therapeutic Approach

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Edited by Joseph Loscalzo and Andrew I. Schafer. 1337 pp., illustrated. Boston, Blackwell Scientific, 1994. $225. ISBN 0-86542-263-X.
Edited by Robert W. Colman, Jack Hirsh, Victor J. Marder, and Edwin W. Salzman. 1713 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott, 1994. $195. ISBN 0-397-51059-4.
By Mario Stefanini and William Dameshek. 308 pp., illustrated. New York, Grune and Stratton, 1955. Out of print.

When I was preparing for my fellowship in hematology I bought two books about the blood: Maxwell M. Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology (Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger) and The Hemorrhagic Disorders by Mario Stefanini and William Dameshek. The Wintrobe book, which I bought in its trim, single-author 1951 edition (the third), has recently appeared in its ninth edition, comprising two enormous volumes with 33 contributing authors. The Hemorrhagic Disorders, published in 1955, is now out of print. It is a handsome book, typical of the superior work from the old publishing house of Grune and Stratton. The excellent color plates show graphic . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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