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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy (often referred to simply as The Merck Manual) is one of the world's most widely used medical textbooks. In 1899 it was first published under the name Merck's Manual of the Materia Medica. The current version is the seventeenth edition. The text is freely available from the website of its publisher, the United Statespharmaceutical company Merck & Co., Inc.
MerckManual, the trusted medical reference that medical professionals have used since 1899.
MerckManual of Medical Information – Second Home Edition will be a useful source of medical information – essential for anyone who needs clarification of a diagnosis, wants a quick reference of a medical term, or would like to communicate more effectively with their healthcare professional.
The MerckManual of Diagnosis and Therapy 17th Edition continues to cover all the subjects expected in a textbook of internal medicine as well as detailed information on paediatrics, psychiatry, obstetrics, gynecology, dermatology, pharmacology, opthalmology, otolaryngology, and a number of special subjects, The MerckManual quickly provides information that helps practitioners achieve optimal care.
Although The MerckManual always has been written for the benefit of practicing physicians and other health care professionals, for many years it also was a favorite reference for non-professionals.
Comparing Merck's1899Manual, as it was called, with the new Centennial Edition offers a glimpse of how much has changed, and yet stayed the same, in medicine during the last century.
In 1899, The MerckManual cost $1.00, about the equivalent of a week's worth of groceries: two dozen eggs, three pounds of flour, one pound of bacon, one pound of butter, 10 pounds of potatoes, and a one-pound round steak.
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