The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy

Long awaited update of fairly comprehensive summary of medical specialties. Very useful to read up - and sound authorative about - topics outside one’s personal knowledge base. Would be great to take to a desert island (together with printed edition of Encylopedia Brittanic). For the rest of us - wouldn’t an online version with the option of subscription to regular and frequent updates make much more sense?

Great !

Great resource and trustworthy. Well written with an easy to understand style.

I like to have the up to date version of Merck - I sold the old Blue 18th one on..on Amazon and got the new one 19th One...The Green One but this one is a good few inches wider Latest one is much larger. I know original idea of it was to have in a lab pocket coat but with that new version that idea is no longer possible (you couldn't realistically do it with the 18th or 19th ones either to be fair but you kind of get my drift) That said...it's a handsome book to have on a desk

I love this book! Gives a lot of details and good intro overview on each topic.

Great reference source

Had the previous edition, and wanted to upgrgrade. Excellent all round book (for doctors and other healthcare professionals - I don't think it would be useful to most lay). This book is considerable larger, with up-to-date material and new and expanded sessions. A very good update

Even if the pic says 19th edition, the shipped version is the correct one. Have no doubt about this purchase.

A book for the Family libraryto assist one in understanding family illness and the prescribed medication.

Great!

E' la terza o quarta volta che compro il Merck Manual (l'ho fatto nei decenni ogni volta che ne usciva una nuova edizione). Ora è anche disponibile online, ma per un medico quasi ottantenne come me la carta si legge meglio e il dato si ricorda meglio. Nel Merck Manual c'è assolutamente tutto quello che un medico dovrebbe sapere, e anche di più (tanti aspetti specialistici che non fanno parte del bagaglio standard). Non potrei farne a meno (ora soltanto per diagnosticare e curare me stesso!)

En tant que médecin hospitalier, le manuel Merck m'apparaît depuis longtemps comme l'une des toutes premières références. Plus concis que le Harrisson, il lui est cependant supérieur en termes de lisibilité, et lorsque l'on veut rapidement se mettre au point sur une question peu familière. Il apporte d'utiles orientations bibliographiques, comporte de nombreux tableaux d'orientation diagnostique, figures et diagrammes de compréhension immédiate. Les chapitres pédiatriques sont réussis. Et tout cela à un prix hors de concurrence.

I was surprised by the size of the book as I was already owner of previous editions of the Merck Manual. It wasnt a " pocket size " manual and now it definitely isnt. But the information inside is definitely up to date. A must have for every doctor (and not only) who would like to have a reliable textbook of medicine as a whole. Definitely recommended.