Current Diagnosis & Treatment [antikvár]

Preface This book is intended to serve the practicing physician as a useful desk reference on the most widely accepted technics currently available for diagnosis and treatment. It is not intended to be used as a textbook of medicine. The wide acceptance of this book since its first appearance has been most gratifying. Annual revisions will continue to be prepared for distri- bution in January of each year. Although we have dealt primarily with internal medical disorders, discussions of other disorders commonly encountered in certain other specialties are included also. As an aid to the physician in keeping informed on new drugs, a separate section on recently introduced drugs is to be found in the appen- dix. Specific current references to the clinical literature and general bibliographies have been added as a guide to further reading. The authors have drawn freely from their own published works, and much excellent tabular and graphic material has been borrowed from other sources. Due acknowledgements are given at appropriate places in the text. The editors wish to express their sincere thanks to their associate authors for participating so effectively in this venture. It is obvious that without their cooperation and assistance this book would not have been possible. Henry Brainerd Sheldon Margen Milton J. Chatton