Textbook of Medical Physiology [Hardcover]

Arthur C. Guyton (Author), John E. Hall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0721659446 | ISBN-13: 978-0721659442 | Edition: 9th

"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." (The New England Journal of Medicine, review of previous edition) Dr. John Hall has joined Dr. Arthur Guyton to revise and update the field's standard medical physiology textbook. This classic integrates new, important material on molecular and cellular physiology throughout, while continuing its comprehensive coverage of basic physiology and its relation to clinical medicine.

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Review

"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." The New England Journal of Medicine, review of previous edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1191 pages
• Publisher: W B Saunders Co; 9th edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0721659446
• ISBN-13: 978-0721659442
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #97 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Pathophysiology

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Physiology comes to life!, January 30, 2000

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Brett Halloran (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Textbook of Medical Physiology (Hardcover)

If you usually don't read textbooks, but are curious to know more than what is presented in physiology lecture, this book is for you. Textbook of Physiology is so well written that in addition to helping in physiology, it proved to be an invaluable resource in the seemingly unrelated fields of biochemistry and immunology. Although there is no required reading in the pursuit of medicine, if there were such a list, this book would be at the top.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable for learning physiology, February 22, 2000

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L. Adams "Stedda" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Textbook of Medical Physiology (Hardcover)

After discovering Guyton my physiology grades went up to A's! This book is easy to understand yet gives enough information to allow an in depth grasp on the subjects covered. Best for those of us who have not had physiology before - may not be enough for those who have already had a basic physiology class. I will use this book as a reference throughout my career - one of the few texts you should actually cart around with you after graduation.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars if Guyton would just illustrate better...., May 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Textbook of Medical Physiology (Hardcover)

I am a Nurse Anesthesia Student who took a lot of physiology as an undergraduate psychology/biology major. Guyton does a marvelous job of explaining human physiology, once you become acustom to his prose. The best possible combination is Guyton's detailed and unterstandable explainations with Elaine Marieb's diagrams from "Human Anatomy and Physiology". Marieb's book is aimed at the undergraduate and is the A+P book I had in my RN program, so the information is, naturally, not as detailed but the diagrams are great. I know it would make an even more expensive book, but bigger diagrams that use more than just red and black for colors would greatly enhance Guyton's already excellent work.