The publication of this bench-mark histology textbook in an 11 th edition is a notable event that many histologists feared would never occur. The 10th edition was published more than a decade ago, and during the ensuing interval, the current author retired from Harvard Medical School to begin an essentially new career studying parasitic diseases in Kenya. Originally left in manuscript form by the distinguished Russian emigré histologist and experimental cytologist Alexander A. Maximow, this book has had a profound impact on the way histology is taught in medical schools in the United States.The preface to the first edition . . .