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The Canon of Medicine (c. 1000) - Described by Sir William Osler as a "medical bible" and "the most famous medical textbook ever written". [19] The Canon of Medicine introduced the concept of a syndrome as an aid to diagnosis , and it laid out an essential framework for a clinical trial . [ 20 ]
The Principles and Practice of Medicine title page, first edition, 1892. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and Students of Medicine is a medical textbook by Sir William Osler. It was first published in 1892 by D. Appleton & Company, while Osler was professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
The Oxford Textbook of Medicine [1] is an international textbook of medicine.First published in 1983, it is now in its sixth edition. [2] It is primarily aimed at mature physicians looking for information outside their area of particular expertise, but widely used as a reference source by medical students and doctors in training, and by others seeking authoritative accounts of the science and ...
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The 17th edition of the textbook is dedicated to George W. Thorn, who was editor of the first seven editions of the book and editor in chief of the eighth edition. He died in 2004. The 18th edition of the book (ISBN 978-0071748896) was edited by Anthony Fauci, Dennis Kasper, Stephen Hauser, J. Larry Jameson and Joseph Loscalzo. New chapters ...
The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine is a pocket textbook aimed at medical students and junior doctors, and covers all aspects of clinical medicine.It is published by Oxford University Press, and is available in formats: book, [2] online, [3] iOS app, [4] and android app. [5] First published in 1985, it is now in its eleventh edition, which was released in April 2024.
The first edition of The Merck Manual was published in 1899 by Merck & Co., Inc. for physicians and pharmacists and was titled Merck's Manual of the Materia Medica. [6] [7] The 192 page book which sold for US $1.00, was divided into three sections, Part I ("Materia Medica") was an alphabetical listing of all known compounds thought to be of therapeutic value with uses and doses; Part II ...
Among other things, the book is known for the discovery of contagious diseases, and the introduction of experimental medicine, [1] clinical trials, [2] randomized controlled trials, [3] [4] efficacy tests, [5] [6] and clinical pharmacology. [7] The work is considered one of the most famous books in the history of medicine. [8]