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Toxicology Handbook, 1e

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This is the 2nd edition of this text; what was already a fantastic resource has gotten even better. This monograph has cut out the fluff and left only the clinically relevant information you need to manage a patient with a poisoning or toxicologic exposure. After reading the book I have placed it on the shelf in our resuscitation bay. When the residents have a poisons case, they reach for this book first because they can rapidly find the information they need in an easily digestible form. Sections on particular antidotes are standouts. While I don't see many of the creatures from the toxin section, I still enjoyed reading about them. Overall a fantastic reference text.

This handbook could be mistakenly seen as an abbreviated manual with simply the salient features of overdoses and poisonings listed. It is, however, a remarkable text, in and of its own right given its size. It should be considered an invaluable reference not just in medicine, but in all the health professions. Toxicities have a tradition of being managed poorly in Australia. Here is a book that can single-handedly reverse this history if it were to be widely read. I applaud the authors.