Hematology: 5th Edition

by William S. Beck

The fifth edition of this well-known series of lectures by distinguished Harvard hematologists is substantially revised to include discussions of the many important scientific developments in contemporary hematology. New insights into oncogenes, growth factors, membrane receptors, differentiation and morphogenesis, enzymology, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology appear in virtually every lecture. A lecture on general principles of malignant disease appears for the first time in recognition of the fact that in many hospitals and medical schools hematology departments now encompass oncology - an important topic that is not covered elsewhere in the medical curriculum.This new edition also adds many tables and figures relating to differential diagnosis that will be useful to practicing physicians and house officers. Examples include causes of splenomegaly, indications for splenectomy, differential diagnosis of normocytic anemia, macrocytic anemia, hypochromic anemia, thrombocytopenia, bone marrow failure syndromes, and many others. The bibliographies have been expanded, a new appendix containing laboratory methods has been added, and there is an unusually complete index.

635 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1977

About the author

Born in 1923, Dr. Beck entered the University of Pennsylvania, later transferred to the University of Michigan where he took his B.S. in 1943 and is M.D. three years later. In 1950, he accepted an appointment as an instructor at the medical school of the University of California at Los Angeles. During this time, he was associated with the Atomic Energy Project as Chief of the Hematology and Medical Sections. In 1955, he took a leave of absence to study enzyme chemistry at New York University where he was concurrently engaged in teaching and research. [He joined the Harvard Medical School in 1957 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Harvard College as a Tutor in the Biomedical Sciences. During this time, Dr Beck served as the Chief of the Hematology Unit and the Hematology Research Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital.]

- From the back-cover of Modern Science and the Nature of Life.