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Second edition. Edited by James H. Jandl. 1510 pp., illustrated. Boston, Little, Brown, 1996. $175.95. ISBN 0-316-45731-0.

It would take a mixture of hubris and chutzpah for one person to attempt to master enough of the vast literature of hematology to write a comprehensive textbook on the topic. Not only has one person, James Jandl, done so in his Blood, but he has also achieved his goal with élan, wit, and grace. Outwardly, this book has the ominous features of a Handbuch: massive length and burdensome weight, a combination that threatens the reader with overload, obfuscation, and awkward handling. But there the resemblance ends. All of us have endured the gigantic textbook, freighted with leaden prose: the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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