Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases: An Algorithmic Method Based on Pattern Analysis [Hardcover]

A. Bernard Ackerman (Author), Almut Boer (Author), Bruce Bennin (Author), Geoffrey J. Gottlieb (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 522 pages
• Publisher: Ardor Scribendi; 3 edition (January 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893357252
• ISBN-13: 978-1893357259
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,047 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #42 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Histology

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A shell of its former self, August 25, 2008

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RanjiDP (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases: An Algorithmic Method Based on Pattern Analysis (Hardcover)

This book is approximately half the length of the previous "silver" edition. Many of the more practical portions of the book (ie the actual descriptions of the inflammatory conditions!!) have been moved to a website to which you only receive 12 months of access upon purchasing this book. This in itself is unacceptable and seems to be a way to get customers to pay full price for half of a book.

The images on the website are of horrible quality in that the resolution is extremely low. This is unacceptable for a pathology book written in the last 5 years.

If you can find a copy of the old edition, buy that instead.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ackerman could use an editor, August 5, 2006

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Boston MD - See all my reviews

This review is from: Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases: An Algorithmic Method Based on Pattern Analysis (Hardcover)

While Ackerman has arguably the best scheme for inflammatory skin diseases - his writing is so superfluous and filled with interupting phrases that one might wonder whether or not English is his first language. It is extremely conversational, and not in a good way. So if you have difficulty reading wordy books, or are easily distracted - you might think twice before forking over the cash on this book. Also, his first version is probably better without as much reliance on links to his website. However, you still probably cannot go wrong by studying even this version of the great Ackerman's approach to inflammatory skin disease.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 3, 2011

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M. Eng (Portland, ME) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Histologic Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases: An Algorithmic Method Based on Pattern Analysis (Hardcover)

After admiring previous editions of this book, I finally purchased it... the 3rd edition. I still have to use my colleagues earlier versions, as the current edition is unwieldy and poorly written.
My main beef is that it is simply unreadable. No effort has been made to be coherent or complete... images and descriptions of disease are simply refered to alphanumeric codes on the website. This is useless when I am trying to efficiently evaluate a glass slide. The DERM101 website is daunting and often unhelpful.
I wish I had purchased a different book.
Weedon remains my text of choice for skin, but I admire what Bernie did with inflammatory skin diseases. I wish I understood how to use his Algorithmic Method. He did a lousy job of giving me access to it in Edition 3.