TY - JOUR AU - Hummer, G. J. AB - 654. BOOK REVIEWS Vol. 87 Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory. By ROBERT th e technician must thoroughly understand the P . MACFATE, CH.E. , M.S., PH.D.; Chief, Divi­ "anatom y and physiology" of the spectrophotom­ sion of Laboratories, Board of Health, City of ete r (page 263) before being allowed to read and re­ Chicago ; Director of Laboratories, Municipal por t a result obtained by blithely placing a colored Contagiou s Disease Hospital, Chicago; Senior solutio n in its convenien t well. Thes e are mundane Scientis t (R), United States Public Health subject s all but fundamental to proper and con­ Service . 448 pp. , 80 figs. (1 in color), 29 tables. fident patient testing. $10.00. Chicago: Year Book Publishers, Inc., Thi s book treat s of these subjects—from how to 19G1. rea d a meniscus properly and consistently (page Acquaintanceshi p with the basic facts of the 90) to principles of microscopy (page 340). clinical laboratory is a sine qua -non for the legiti­ Actuall y volumes could and have been written mac y of one's presence in th e laboratory. Bu t this on any one of the multitudinous subjects treated fac t is TI - Introduction to the Clinical Laboratory JF - American Journal of Clinical Pathology DO - 10.1093/ajcp/37.6.654 DA - 1962-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/introduction-to-the-clinical-laboratory-T9wUXtYAY8 SP - 654 EP - 654 VL - 37 IS - 6 DP - DeepDyve ER -