Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas, 5th Edition (Paperback)

by Barbara Young BSc Med Sci(Hons) PhD MB BChir MRCP FRCPA (Author), James S. Lowe BMedSci BMBS DM FRCPath (Author), Alan Stevens MBBS FRCPath (Author), John W. Heath BSc(Hons)(Melbourne) PhD(Melbourne) (Author), Philip J. Deakin BSc(Hons) MBChB(Sheffield) (Author)
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Editorial Reviews

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"This is an excellent book that should be used by everyone starting to learn histology. It is superbly simple and colourful with informative diagrams that are clearly labelled! This book makes histology enjoyable: much better than staring for hours on end down a microscope and not knowing what you are looking at! I like the way it divides the
sections into the different body systems. The index is very useful. High-quality illustrations are provided in this book and the printing quality is excellent. I will happily recommend it to all science and medical students!"
"BMA Awards 2007"
."concise relevant text with excellent photographs, excellently reproduced.Wheater's remains an excellent book and is highly recommended."
"Professor JA Lee, ACP News" --unknown

"This is an excellent book that should be used by everyone starting to learn histology. It is superbly simple and colourful with informative diagrams that are clearly labelled! This book makes histology enjoyable: much better than staring for hours on end down a microscope and not knowing what you are looking at! I like the way it divides the
sections into the different body systems. The index is very useful. High-quality illustrations are provided in this book and the printing quality is excellent. I will happily recommend it to all science and medical students!"
BMA Awards 2007
".concise relevant text with excellent photographs, excellently reproduced.Wheater's remains an excellent book and is highly recommended."
Professor JA Lee, ACP News --unknown --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"This is an excellent book that should be used by everyone starting to learn histology. It is superbly simple and colourful with informative diagrams that are clearly labelled! This book makes histology enjoyable: much better than staring for hours on end down a microscope and not knowing what you are looking at! I like the way it divides the
sections into the different body systems. The index is very useful. High-quality illustrations are provided in this book and the printing quality is excellent. I will happily recommend it to all science and medical students!"
BMA Awards 2007
".concise relevant text with excellent photographs, excellently reproduced.Wheater's remains an excellent book and is highly recommended."
Professor JA Lee, ACP News

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Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 5 edition (March 14, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044306850X
• ISBN-13: 978-0443068508
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,000 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Histology made easy, June 19, 2000

By	Emily Dundas-Smith (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas (Book with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

This new edition of Wheater's features more quick-reference tables and diagrams, while still focussing on the relationship between structure and function of cells. The authors understand that not all students enjoy histology. It is designed to dip in and out of, and makes the time spent on histology slightly less tedious and more productive. The slides are of very high quality and more EM slides have been included than in previous editions. This edition is keeping up with the needs of students.

Also included is a CD ROM of all the slides in the book and a programme to enable these to be arranged into tailored presentations. This can also be used as a random slide presentation to test knowledge.

Young and Heath have improved an old classic, making this a very good buy for all with an interest (voluntary or enforced) in Histology

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still one of the best, December 5, 2000

By	J. Provo-Klimek "jklimek" (Manhattan, KS USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas (Book with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I was pleased with this new edition. The text and images are superb, and the CD-ROM is a nice feature that allows me to tailor presentations to my needs. There are many new schematic diagrams, charts and tables wich in my opinion improve the utility of the book. One drawback is that the color tables and charts, which are extremely informative and visually pleasing, do not show up well when used in presentations. They are too light. Otherwise, I highly recommend this book for students who would like good images for reference, with enough text included to aid understanding, but not so much that the book becomes tedious.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not all it's made out to be, November 1, 2001

By	Eugene Wong (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas (Book with CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I've somewhat changed my view of this book over the last few months. Although what I said below is correct, my overall judgement was too harsh, so I've increased my rating from 3 to 4 stars. It's not that this is a great book, it's just that medical courses these days have slimmed down the Histology component so much that books like these are more than adequate. In fact, you can do extremely well in theory exams by just studying prac books like this.

Now of all *prac* books, this is certainly the best! And having completed my first year Histology course, I am certain Wheater's would have had more than enough detail - and would have saved me a lot of time. Get this book if you're a medical student, but if you're a histology major or need something more advanced, you will be disappointed by this book.

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Many of the reviews here are full of praise for Wheaters, and they aren't all wrong in my opinion. Wheaters is one of the best "prac"/lab books for histology. However, the people who give it 5 out-of 5 are either biased or filled with elation from passing their courses that they neglect the weaknesses of this book.

Like any book, this has weaknesses. Glaring ones at that: the diagrams are sometimes too dark (contrast too high) or too pale (contrast to low), most of the pictures are much too small to discern and analyse the detail, the text is certainly what you need to know for 1st year med ... lab, it is not going to get you through the theory exam with flying colours.

As I said, though, this book is one of the best "prac"/lab books, because it doubles as a decent text and a decent atlas. But, it is neither the best text or the best atlas. Di Fiore's long running atlas has excellent drawings with many photomicrographs and deserves a browse. I haven't seen Gartner and Hiatt's Atlas, but I hear it is competitive. Then there is Kerr's Atlas, which lacks quantity but has some good quality.

As for texts, Ross, Romrell and Kaye is a popular choice (it has a good, but not overwhelming level of detail for Medicine). Junquiera's Basic Histology is also popular. For a simpler book, or simpler course, Cormack's Essential Histology is an excellent choice.

So, if you're looking for a book to bring to practical classes/labs: you can't really go wrong with Wheater's. But, don't rely on this book to carry you through the theory exams. You'll often be frustrated that some of the things you need can't be found in this atlas, or that the pictures are too darn small. Overall, a fair buy ... but, the best advice is to, shop around a bit before deciding.