Product Description

The new edition of this classic Physiology textbook continues to provide comprehensive coverage of basic physiology and its relation to clinical medicine. It has been thoroughly revised throughout to improve clarity of the concepts and to include new physiological principles where necessary.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299305 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Textbook Binding
• 1064 pages

The New England Journal of Medicine, review of previous edition.
"Medical students prefer Guyton's textbook to others... it has the consistent style of a traditional... textbook that maintains students' interest through clinical relevance... Excellent."

Customer Reviews

Best physiology book currently on the market
Guyton's review of Medical Physiology remains in my opinion the the best written of the all the phyiology texts. This is definitely a book to be read as the rambling prose can sometimes make it difficult to find individual facts in the text, however by this means compreshensive reading and understanding are encouraged. The detail of the text is easily enough for most medical courses, although the detail in certain sections does show bias towards Professor Guyton's personal interests, and I found the gastrointestinal section somewhat less detailed than comparable texts (e.g. Ganong), while the CV is huge detailing many physiological components of disease processes. The only possible complaint, is that the style of the book looks a little dated and the diagrams are generally inadequate and often need support from a better illustrated text.

Excellent reference text...
First impressions of this well established text were that it would be difficult to read - there's not much colour, no photos and large bodies of text. However, all the information is there and it is pretty easy to understand. It probably isn't the book I'd go to for a quick look-up but as an authoritative reference text it is excellent.

Amazing and useful
This book is great. It has all and even more than you need for your exams. There are references at the end of each chapter so you can find more useful books about a particular subject. There are lots additional things from different subjects (biochemestry, anatomy, biology) in case you have forgotten something. The text is simple and easy to read. If you like physiology the you can read this book as a novel.