List of medical textbooks
This is a list of medical textbooks, manuscripts, and reference works.
Pre-modern texts
Ancient Egypt
- Ramesseum medical papyri (c. 1800 BCE)
- Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus (c. 1800 BCE)
- London Medical Papyrus (c. 1600 BCE)
- Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BCE)
- Edwin Smith Papyrus (c. 1500 BCE) - Earliest mention of the brain; the pulse; the role of the heart in circulating blood, but not complete circulation.[1] It is the world's oldest surgical textbook,[2] containing descriptions of the zygomatic bone, dura mater, cerebrospinal fluid, and nasal cavity.[2]
- Brugsch Papyrus (c. 1200 BCE)
Ancient Greece
- Hippocratic Corpus (c. 400 BCE to 200 CE) - Contains many important medical treatises including the Hippocratic Oath.[3] Compared with the Egyptian papyri, the Hippocratic writings exhibit an improved understanding of brain structure and function. It correctly attributed the primary control of the body's function to the brain.[2]
- Galenic corpus (c. 200 BCE)
- De Materia Medica (Dioscorides) (c. 50 CE)
- Medical Compendium in Seven Books (c. 600 CE)
Ancient China
- Huangdi Neijing (c. 300 BCE) - Most authoritative Chinese source on medical matters for over two millennia.[4] It contributed to the Chinese understanding of anatomy,[5] and it continues to be used as an influential reference work for practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine.[6] The book contains many guidelines and recommendations for the prevention of chronic diseases and micronutrient deficiencies such as beriberi, xerophthalmia, and goitre.[7]
- Wushi'er Bingfang (c. 200 BCE)
- Shennong Ben Cao Jing (c. 200 CE)
- Shanghan Lun (c. 220 CE)
- Compendium of Materia Medica (c. 1578 CE)
Ancient India
- Kashyapa Samhita (6th century BCE)
- Sushruta Samhita (c. 300 BCE) - Early description of cataract surgery.[8] The Sushruta Samhita emphasizes the importance of anatomical structure and function,[9] and it contains the earliest written description of the pedicled flaps.[10] It was translated into Arabic during the latter part of the 8th century.[9]
- Bower Manuscript (c. 470-550 CE)[11][12][13]
- Charaka Samhita (c. 300-500 CE) - One of the fundamental texts of Ayurveda medicine, it was translated into Chinese, Arabic, and Tibetan languages.[14]
Islamic Golden Age
- De Gradibus (c. 800)
- Adab al-Tabib (c. 800)
- Book of the Ten Treatises of the Eye (c. 800)
- Al-Risalah al-Dhahabiah (c. 800)
- Kitab al-Taṣrif (c. 1000) - First surgical encyclopedia.[15]
- Book of Optics (c. 1000) - Exerted great influence on Western science.[16] It was translated into Latin and it was used until the early 17th century.[17] The German physician Hermann von Helmholtz reproduced several theories of visual perception that were found in the first Book of Optics, which he cited and copied from.[18]
- The Canon of Medicine (c. 1000) - Described by Sir William Osler as a "medical bible" and "the most famous medical textbook ever written".[19] The Canon of Medicine introduced the concept of a syndrome as an aid to diagnosis, and it laid out an essential framework for a clinical trial.[20] It was translated into Latin by Gerard de Sabloneta and it was used extensively in European medical schools.[20][21] It also became the most authoritative text on anatomy until the 16th century.[22]
- Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon (c. 1200): First description of the pulmonary circulation system,[23] and the first description of the presence and function of coronary circulation.[24]
Medieval Europe
- Compendium Medicinæ ("Compendium of Medicine") (c. 1230-1250)[26][27][28]
- Thesaurus Pauperum ("Treasury of The Poor") (c. 1270)[29][30]
- Rosa Anglica ("The English Rose") (1304-1317)[28][31][32]
- La Chirurgie ("Surgery") (1306-1320)[33]
Modern textbooks
Clinical examination
- Clinical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis
- Macleod's Clinical Examination
- Bates' Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking
Anatomy
- Gray's Anatomy
- Gray's Anatomy for Students
- Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy
- Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions
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Histology
Physiology
- Guyton's Textbook of Medical Physiology
- Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
Neuroscience
Anaesthesiology
- Practical Management of Pain
- Textbook of Pain - Most comprehensive scientific reference text on pain.[34] The textbook's founding editors were Patrick David Wall and Ronald Melzack, who jointly introduced the gate control theory into the field of pain research.[34]
Cardiology
- Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine'
- Hurst's the Heart
Neurology
- Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology
Internal Medicine
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
- The Principles and Practice of Medicine
- Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine
- Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
- The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
- Goldman-Cecil Medicine
- Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine
Pediatrics
- Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics
Oncology
Surgery
- Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
- Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery
Urology
- Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology
National and international publications
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) - Official publication of the American Psychiatric Association
- International Classification of Diseases (ICD) - Official publication of the World Health Organization
Handbooks
- Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
- Step up to medicine
- Harrisons Manual of Medicine
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health
- Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
- The Modern Home Physician
Reference guides
- Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
- Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics
- The Merck Manuals
- The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
- The Principles and Practice of Medicine
See also
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Over thousands of years traditional Chinese medicine has developed a theoretical and practical approach to the treatment and prevention of disease. The first documented sources of Chinese medical theory, the Huangdi Nei Jing ("Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor") was written between 300 BC and 100 BC. It describes the diagnosis and treatment of a huge range of disorders and gives advice about healthy lifestyles, exercise, and diet which conforms remarkably well with current recommendations for the prevention of chronic disease. There is also accurate dietary advice about how to avoid micronutrient deficiency diseases such as beri-beri, xerophthalmia, and goitre.
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The first written description of the pedicle flap is found in the Sushruta Samhita (ca 600 bce)
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One of the pioneers in all fields of surgery, Al-Zahrawi published the first surgical encyclopedia, Kitab Al Tasrif (The Method of Medicine)
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