Lectures on Haematology

Originally published in 1960, this volume contains the lectures delivered at a Cambridge Postgraduate Medical Course for consultants, senior registrars and medical research workers having haematology as one of their main laboratory or clinical interests. The course was held in December, 1959. The lectures are informative reviews of important topics in haematology, given by workers who themselves contributed to the advance of knowledge in their respective fields.

Contributors; Editor's preface; 1. Acquired haemolytic anaemia J. V. Dacie; 2. Iron metabolism and iron-deficiency anaemia W. M. Davidson; 3. The pathogenesis and differential diagnosis of megaloblastic anaemias R. H. Girdwood; 4. Transfusion hazards G. T. Discombe; 5. Haemoglobin variants J. C. White; 6. Clinical and cytological recognition and differentiation of the leukaemias F. G. J. Hayhoe; 7. The myeloproliferative syndromes G. Wetherley-Mein; 8. The incidence of leukaemia and the significance of environmental factors R. Doll; 9. Chemotherapy of leukaemia D. A. G. Galton; 10. The potentialities of marrow transplantation in treatment of leukaemia H. E. M. Kay; 11. The haemostatic process R. M. Hardisty; 12. Congenital and acquired disorders of blood coagulation G. I. C. Ingram; 13. The pathogenesis of purpura J. F. Ackroyd.

This 1960 volume contains the lectures delivered at a Cambridge Postgraduate Medical Course for medical practitioners specialising in haematology. The lectures are informative reviews of important topics in haematology, given by workers who themselves contributed to the advance of knowledge in their respective fields.