Hardback book published by MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES Over 2844 pages SIXTEENTH EDITION 1st Edition - 1899 16th Edition - 1992 First Printing - May 1992 Seventh Printing - February 1998 Copyright © 1992 by Merck & Co., Inc. According to the Foreword: " It has been 93 years since THE MERCK MANUAL first appeared in 1899 as a slender 262-page text titled MERCK'S MANUAL OF THE MATERIA MEDICA. It was expressly designed to meet the needs of general practitioners in selecting medications, noting that "memory is dangerous" and that even the most thoroughly informed physician needs a reminder "to make him at once master of the situation and enable him to prescribe exactly what his judgment tells him is needed for the occasion." It was well received and, by the 6th Edition (1934), THE MERCK MANUAL has become highly valued by medical students and house staff as well; by the end of World War II the pocket-sized manual was an established favorite ready-reference book. Today THE MANUAL is the most widely used medical text in the world. While the book has grown to about 2800 pages, its primary purpose remains the same - to provide useful clinical information to practicing physicians, medical students, interns, residents, and health care professionals. " Contents include: " GUIDE FOR READERS ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS EDITORIAL BOARD CONSULTANTS CONTRIBUTORS 1. INFECTIOUS DISEASE 2. IMMUNOLOGY: ALLERGIC DISORDERS 3. CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS 4. PULMONARY DISORDERS 5. GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS 6. HEPATIC AND BILIARY DISORDERS 7. NUTRITIONAL AND METABOLIC DISORDERS 8. ENDOCRINE DISORDERS 9. HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY 10. MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISORDERS 11. NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS 12. PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS 13. GENITOURINARY DISORDERS 14. GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS 15. PEDIATRICS AND GENETICS 16. OTOLARYNGOLOGY 17. OPHTHALMOLOGIC DISORDERS 18. DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS 19. DENTAL AND ORAL DISORDERS 20. DISORDERS DUE TO PHYSICAL AGENTS 21. SPECIAL SUBJECTS 22. CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY 23. POISONING; VENOMOUS BITES AND STINGS INDEX " This book is in very nice condition with only minor wear. No torn or ripped pages. No markings or writing. |