Physical Chemistry for Students of Biology and Medicine

The fallacy of the popular concept that "it's good enough for clinical purposes" is becoming more widely recognized as the potentialities of scientific methods in diagnosis and therapy increase. Such a manual as this should aim to raise the dignity and improve the quality of clinical chemistry and clinical chemists, not, by conceding to prevailing opinion, perpetuate its present mediocre estate. Rigid standardization by selection of single methods may not be the best policy. The fact that the series is to appear in small consignments affords opportunity for improvement with progress. It is to be hoped that the editors will profit from the errors in their trial balloon.