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by: Anthony S. Fauci MD, Eugene Braunwald MD, Kurt J. Isselbacher MD, Jean D. Wilson MD, Joseph B. Martin MD, Dennis L. Kasper MD, Stephen L. Hauser MD  Dewey Decimal Number: 616 EAN: 9780071354868 Edition: 14 Sub ISBN: 0071354867 Label: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 2569 Publication Date: June 02, 1999 Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) Studio: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx) Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Excellent!Harrison's is the most complete book of clinical medicine in one nice package. Well worth the investment! Rating: - If your a Third year Medical student this book is a must.I just finished my third year of medical school, and I found this book to be a must own. the topics quite interesting and comprehensible, and will help with most areas you need to reference. Rating: - the best there isI can scarcely believe that people dare to criticize this tome. I don't actually have Harrison--I have Tinsley & Harrison, as it was called in decades past. (People do grow old and die.) The notion that a layperson "can understand Hippocrates' Aphorisms in the original Greek" better is nonsense: frankly, it depends upon the lay reader's familiarity with terminology, yea, his or her command of Greek and Latin roots. That's what dictionaries are for, and that's also presumably what your English classes ... Read More Rating: - For the lay person---NOT!!!There is a reason why med students learn anatomy, histology,embryology, physiology,and biochemistry before picking up Harrison's, so I snicker when non-MD's think they can read and understand ( with the help of Taber's medical dictionary, which by the way is used by nurses, physicians in training use Dorland's) a medical textbook, especially one like Harrison's.( What is especially humorous is that one reviewer recalled that the textbook was titled "Tinsley & Harrison "(sic).... funny because Harrison's ... Read More Rating: - Wonderful home reference!Great reference, even for non-MD's. The book's chapters are a great read for anyone interested in health matters, and also for those who desire a really comprehensive medical tome. The thing is pricey, but well-worth the cost. 
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