This four-volume student text is designed for use by Air Force personnel enrolled in a self-study extension course for medical laboratory technicians. Covered in the individual volumes are medical laboratory administration and clinical chemistry (career opportunities, general laboratory safety and materials, general medical laboratory administration, basic chemistry, solutions, photometry and spectrophotometry, automation, quality control in collection and handling of specimens); laboratory procedures in clinical chemistry (body metabolism; proteins, carbohydrates, and enzymes; liver and kidney function tests; gastric analysis; special chemistry tests; toxicology) and laboratory procedures in urinalysis (general considerations, renal functions, physical characteristics of urine, microscopic examination, and chemical examination). Each volume in the set contains a series of lessons, exercises at the end of each lesson, a bibliography, and answers to the exercises. Volume review exercises are also included. (MN)