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THE NEW COLOR OF MEDICINE HUNDREDS OF DIAGRAMS AND CLINICAL PHOTOS INTEGRATED INTO THE TEXT – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FULL COLOR The Harrison’s name is synonymous with internal medicine. HPIM continues to be the most authoritative and #1 selling medical textbook throughout the world. From its unique section on signs and symptoms through to the most comprehensive coverage of most all conditions seen by physician’s, Harrison’s is the internal medicine refere… More >>
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 16e
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#1 by Brian B. Carter on April 14, 2010 - 3:50 pm
Despite the title of my review (for more on that, keep reading), and despite the fact that I’m an acupuncturist, I do love Western conventional medicine and this book.
Seriously, this is the ‘gold standard’ (not the ‘golden standard’ as another reviewer put it) of medical textbooks. It’s insanely detailed and chances are that pretty much nobody knows or reads all of it. I look forward to reading it more after I finish more advanced chemistry and medical courses (going to become an MD too). Til then, it’s partly Greek, partly English.
I once set out to read the whole book, one chapter per day, and I think I made it for two whole days. I actually haven’t picked it up except to move, to unpack it, and put it on the book shelf UNTIL TODAY.
My desk from IKEA isn’t too sturdy. The place you put the keyboard has a pad (…)of your palms (ergonomic, but not really), but that part is attached by hinges (because it’s so important to hide the keyboard when you’re not using it) and I put a lot of weight there, and today the second of its three hinges broke. It just hung there looking stupid. It seemed to be saying, “See, wasn’t it worth it to spend three hours lost in IKEA wandering around looking for the checkout, grunting me into the car, putting me together, then dissembling me and moving me across town to your new house, and reassembling me?”
My wife and I determined that screwing door jam deadbolt lock hole covers across the space would be the ideal engineering solution. But to drill into it, I needed a solid surface beneath it. I placed atop my chair seat a hefty trinity of Harrison’s, A Manual of Acupuncture, and A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, plus the more slim Dao of Chinese Medicine to create a firm work table. With the help of those books and their authors, I was able to fix my desk, and now I obviously am able to work again. In fact, I spent more time writing this review than fixing my desk.
Thanks guys!
P.S. One more use you might consider for huge books like this: if you get papers wet, they tend to dry in a rippled shape. However, if you dry them off mostly, blow dry them a bit, and then stick them under a pile of huge heavy books, they’ll dry mostly flat. Happy drying!
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Em Deezie on April 14, 2010 - 3:59 pm
Aight, so I will give it up. The book has a couple of facts about medicine, but homie, how much cheddar is this fool makin off my behind? I mean like damn, EVERY MD and they momma has gotta have this book. And they come out with new editions like Puffy comes out with new names. Like I haven’t given these dudes enough bread in med skool? And a hundred dollars?! I’m not gonna say what I coulda did with that kind of spinach, but lets just say it resembles spinach. It do got a good chapter on Ozzie Guillen-Barre though. Makes my legs all numb.
Get it??
Aight, Em Deezie out like a fat kid in dodge ball!
HOLLA!
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by Ronald J. Malleis on April 14, 2010 - 4:56 pm
I was familiar with this text and knew what it was about. It arrived in perfect condition.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Nakul Valsangkar on April 14, 2010 - 5:36 pm
one of the reviewers made a good note of what this book should NOT be used for – house hold handy tool, for drying and fixing stuff. this is a holy book that has stood the test of time for reporting accurately the core principles in the IM, it makes for a very deep understanding the concepts of – Why does disease occour, it fuses Davidsons and Robbins and Hutchinsons in a unique blend. if you find yourself capable of it then you have to also spend time with it, you cant read it watching the TV or sitting in a garden. you need to sit with it and IT alone and go through it extensively, understand the meaning of each and every sentensem, if you really want to be a principled praactitioner, or you could you could use it for household chores, i sure as hell know who i am not going to use it for health care related adivice. no harm intended, just voicing my concerns
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Mr. Ammar S. Shahin on April 14, 2010 - 7:45 pm
excellent textbook , with excellent updates and organization since the last edition
Rating: 5 / 5