Color Textbook of Histology [Paperback]

Leslie P., Ph.D. Gartner (Author), James L., Phd Hiatt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0721651240 | ISBN-13: 978-0721651248 | Publication Date: January 15, 1997 | Edition: 1st

This textbook of histology incorporates light and electron micrographs, schematic diagrams and three dimensional drawings to facilitate conceptual learning progressing from cell to tissue, to organ and organ system for a clearer understanding of histology. It presents histology from a functional perspective by encompassing cell and molecular biological concepts without neglecting classical morphology. The text emphasizes intimate relationships between form and function, incorporating clinical material in each chapter to illustrate that the knowledge of histology is pertinent not only to physiology and pathology, but also forms one of the essential basis of clinical practice.

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About the Author

Leslie P. Gartner, PhD, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biological Sciences, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; James L. Hiatt, PhD, Associate Professor of Anatomy Emeritus, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Biological Sciences, Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 483 pages
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co; 1st edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721651240
• ISBN-13: 978-0721651248
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,310,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A horrible beginner's text., September 26, 1999

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This review is from: Color Textbook of Histology (Paperback)

The micrographs and illustrations are lush and colorful but do not correlate with the text at all. It's as if Gartner and Hiatt have adapted the better illustrations from previously used textbooks. The information is dense but only useful if you've already been introduced to the subject. If you are new to histology, you will be hopelessly confused. Furthermore, the figures will be useless because they are not labelled and not explained in the text.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Textbook of Histology, October 23, 2001

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Ali Al Sinan "Aujami" (Wellington School of Medicine, Wellington, NZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color Textbook of Histology, 2e (Paperback)

This book is really one of the best textbooks of Histology I have ever seen and if you exclude (NMS Histology,concise and not well illustrated ) ,you won't find (as a medical student) such a comprehensive,organised,well illustrated textbook of Histology.However,you will need to buy a good atlas of Histology along with the book simply because the book is not an atlas. One of the features that I liked very much in the book is the simple coloured hand-drawn pictures which simplify the real microscopic slides very much and make them easier to understand and to draw. Another feature is that the book along with the histology text has also physiology, gross anatomy notes as well as clinical correlations in an integrated way so that you do not need to refer to other textbooks in Anatomy and physiology to correlate it with histology text. During my histology course , I did not need to refer any other book in histology (except to NMS Histology to some bits which I did not find detailed info about it in the book).It is really good book and I recommend to you as a textbook and reference (Especially if your course involves detailed knowledge about the material).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Most Poorly Written Book Ever, September 15, 2007

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Anh Vu - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Color Textbook of Histology, 2e (Paperback)

I don't what's wrong with the rest of you given saying this book is the best ever. Obviously, you have never read it. This book is the most poorly written text I have ever read. It mentions one thing and continues to explain it three pages later. It contradicts itself and is overly verbose. Often times, it is too confusing to follow the logic of the text. Whoever wrote this book should re-evaluate the people it is directed towards and rewrite it.