David H. Dail & Samuel P. Hammar 
Dail and Hammar’s Pulmonary Pathology 

The exponential increase in knowledge in all branches Pulmonary Pathology, written by multiple authors of science, including pathology, has resulted in an ava- working in their respective areas of interest, is intended lanche of scientific literature which is now too extensive to provide the reader with up-to-date information. In for most people to digest. This certainly applies to the the years ahead, new lung diseases will be discovered, field of pulmonary pathology. One has only to reflect some of which may still be confused with classical dis- on the better understanding of many disease processes eases of great antiquity. For example, during the 1970s, and the description of many new diseases in the lung Legionella pneumonia has been separated from pneu- in the last 40 years to appreciate these changes. For mococcal lobar pneumonia, with which it was almost this reason alone, a summary of the present knowledge certainly confused in the past. Although some of the conditions discussed in this is both essential and timely. Pathology is undergoing a metamorphosis, with new book are uncommon or even rare, ignorance of these diagnostic methods employing antibodies and other rare diseases is no longer acceptable. Pathologists newly developed techniques to make diagnoses more involved in day-to-day practice are expected to precise. Until recently, these new techniques have have knowledge of ongoing advances in their field.