TY - BOOK AU - Dunea, George. AU - Last, John M., AU - Lock, Stephen. TI - The Oxford illustrated companion to medicine SN - 0192629506 (hbk : alk. paper) AV - R121 .O884 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxford : New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Medicine N1 - Rev. ed. of: The Oxford medical companion / edited by John Walton (Lord Walton of Detchant), Jeremiah A. Barondess, and Stephen Lock; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. List of Color Plates -- 2. List of Contributors -- 3. The Illustrated Companion to Medicine -- 4. Topic Index -- 5. List of Individual Conditions and Diseases -- People Index -- General Index N2 - Boasting over 500 illustrations, this volume offers a kaleidoscopic account of the current state and past history of the medical, nursing, and allied health sciences. From alchemy to AIDS, and from snakebite to ultrasound, this wide ranging reference travels both the main avenues and fascinating byways of medicine ER -