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edited by Thomas E. Andreoli, Charles C. J. Carpenter, Robert C. Griggs, and Joseph Loscalzo, 6th ed, 1184 pp, with illus, paper, $56, ISBN 0-7216-0147-2, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2004.

JAMA. 2005;294:1113.

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The editors of the new edition of Cecil Essentials of Medicine intend it "for all students of internal medicine, whatever their age or status." This phonebook-sized paperback aims to provide a compact but readable digest of the "core essentials" of internal medicine.

The format is the same as in preceding editions. Each section begins with a review of the relevant biochemistry and physiology of the system being considered, followed by detailed expositions of the diseases associated with that system. Purchase of the paperback text entitles the buyer to online access not only to Cecil Essentials of Medicine but also to Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 26th edition.

A new "Men’s Health" section has been added, which breaks with the format and does not present normal physiology before discussion of disease entities. However, it provides a comprehensive review of both benign and malignant conditions "unique to men because of their involvement . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Ruth Falik, MD, Reviewer
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Tex
rfalik@bcm.tmc.edu