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Ln. m. OU. Condizione: Sehr gut. 185, XIII S. : Ill. (z.T. farb.), graph. Darst. ; 28 cm Kopfschnitt minimal stockfleckig, sonst tadellos. Gutes bis sehr gutes Expl. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 880.

Condizione: Gut. 2. Edition. 4to. 207 S. OLn. mit OSchU. Schutzumschlag stellenweise leicht berieben und beschabt, Ecken und Kapitale z.T. geringfügig bestoßen, sonst gutes Exemplar.

Darmstadt, G-I-T Verlag Ernst Giebeler, 1980, 4°, 158 pp., 58 Textabbildungen und 12 farb. Tafeln, orig. Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. First edition! This work represents the first attempt at a systematic history of clinical cytology. It contains German, English and French original texts as well as numerous illustrations, some in colour, and approx. 700 reliable references. Preface: "Cell morphology can only be studied by microscopy, and the history of clinical cytology is almost synonymous with the history of the microscope applied to medicine. This is a large subject, which deserves a much more extensive treatise than the present little book. It has therefore been necessary to select, and to set a time limit. We may think of this history being divided roughly into three periods. I. Period of the founders of cytology, including its applications to medicine. The various medical disciplines were as yet undifferentiated. This period extends to the late 19th century. II. The period following the introduction of histological sections and routine staining methods. This change begins in the 1880's and '90's. Various papers and monographs described whole series of observations rather than individual cases, but still cytodiagnosis was not accepted as a regularly applied technique. III. The third period is that dominated by the work of Papanicolaou, and continues to this day. Initially we intended to finish the story with Papanicolaou & Traut's monograph "Diagnosis of Uterine Cancer by the Vaginal Smear". Nevertheless, we felt that some of the significant pioneering work after 1943 was independent of Papanicolaou's influence, and moreover that readers would be surprised and disappointed if nothing was said about the further work of Papanicolaou and others in the early post-war period. For many, this was not the end of the history of clinical cytology, but the beginning; it was the breakthrough for widespread propagation of cytodiagnosis, not only in the field of gynaecological cancer but in other fields, some new and some old. History should not be studied as an end in itself or to commemorate personalities of the past; rather, it should instruct and warn us. We can see how the seed sown at the wrong time is killed by drought or frost; or when sown in the wrong place, it finds no soil. The history of cytodiagnosis shows many instances of this. It developed piece by piece, usually outside orthodox pathology, and this experience has shaped its present form and the people who practise it. One of us is a physician who always sees both the patient and his cells, and would like to see cytodiagnosis continue as a clinical discipline. The other author is laboratory-orientated, from a country where cytodiagnostic services are now almost entirely controlled by departments of histopathology. Our friendship arose through a common interest in diagnostic cytology, a study which still brings together workers from almost every medical discipline. Reading the old papers has given us both much fun as well as enlightenment, and we hope that our readers will enjoy sharing this experience." H. Grunze, Düren/Aachen. (formerly Berlin). A. I. Spriggs, Oxford.