Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine3 reviews
Robert C Ward, Raymond J Hruby, ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002

Great for beginning and experienced osteopaths.

+ Comprehensive resource
+ The osteopathic manipulative therapy bible!

This is the long awaited basic textbook for osteopathic medicine. It is surprisingly complete, covering philosophy, history, research, and manipulative techniques. The beginning osteopathic student may find it most useful for its practical discussion on the techniques--high velocity, myofascial ...
  
  











  



  
Pocket Atlas of Radiographic Anatomy3 reviews
Torsten Moeller, Emil Reif, ...

Georg Thieme Verlag, 1999

This book is perfect !

+ Very good radiographic atlas

If you are just staring out in radiography, then this is the book you want.
  
  











  



  
The Marks' Essentials of Medical Biochemistry1 review
Michael A Lieberman, Allan Marks, ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

AVOID This book. It is NOT What it Purports to Be.

Well, this book LOOKS useful, does it not? It purports to be a book that "has been streamlined to focus on only the most essential biochemical concepts important to medical students, while maintaining the key pedagological features that have made the larger text (on which this book is supposed to ...
  
  











  



  
Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body (Color Atlas of Anatomy (Rohen))16 reviews
Johannes W Rohen, Chihiro Yokochi, ...

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006

extremely useful book

+ Solid selection for Anatomy
+ Great Real Life Pictures
+ Excellent resource
+ Must Have
  
  











  



  
Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Volume 3: Spine, ...1 review
Torsten Bert Moeller, Emil Reif

Thieme Medical Publishers, 2007

Precise pocket companion

The pocket atlas provides a precise review and labelling on the anatomy of head and neck region. The book is quite small and can really be put into the pocket. However, the color used for illustration is quite confusing. It is difficult for one to distingusih among their color label in the atlas. ...
  
  











  



  
Osteopathy: Research and Practice1 review
Andrew Taylor Still

Eastland Press, 1992

Good Bones

So much of what is termed natural healing in America had its start with Dr. Still. He is a figure of such eminence to the development of the idea of the body healing itself, that is hard to over-state it. The genesis of many other therapies, Chiropractic, Rolfing Structural Integration and other ...
  
  











  



  
An An Osteopathic Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment2 reviews

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004

Excellent text

+ excellent

I highly recommend this text as a supplement to your OPP/OMM notes. The authors do an outstanding job in their organization and delivery of varying Osteopathic techniques.
  
  











  



  
Thompson & Thompson Genetics in Medicine: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (GENETICS IN MEDICINE)2 reviews
Robert L. Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, ...

Saunders, 2007

A Great Study Guide for the ABMG Exam!!!

+ Comprehensive

This is a great study guide for the American Board of Medical Genetics exam. It covers cytogenetics and molecular genetics in depth, and also discusses other important concepts such as Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Population Genetics, Genomics, and single gene and complex inheritance. I have not ...
  
  











  



  
Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vol. 2: Thorax, Heart, ...1 review
Torsten Bert Moeller, Emil Reif

Thieme Medical Publishers, 2007

Precise pocket companion

The pocket atlas provides a precise review and labelling on the anatomy of head and neck region. The book is quite small and can really be put into the pocket. However, the color used for illustration is quite confusing. It is difficult for one to distingusih among their color label in the atlas. ...
  
  











  



  
Atlas of Human Anatomy: With Netteranatomy.com (Netter Basic Science)123 reviews
Frank H. Netter

Saunders, 2006

Atlas of Human Anatomy

+ Invaluable resource for an MS1
+ Netters
+ Atlas of Human Anatomy
  
  











  



  
Color Textbook of Histology: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access1 review
Leslie P. Gartner, James L. Hiatt

Saunders, 2006

Beautiful images and layout

This textbook has a variety of excellent images, including photomicrographs, diagrams, and electron micrographs. Clinical correlations are included in boxes that stand out from the text. Key words are highlighted. Tables are well done and the text is very easy to read. Powerpoint ...
  
  











  



  
Clinical Application of Counterstrain1 review
Harmon L. Myers, D.O.

Osteopathic Press, 2006

Great Book

I have read most of the common counterstrain texts & chapters, and Harmon Myers definitely is the best. His approach just seems to make more sense & is easier to master. His naming protocol is much more intuitive than the original Jones' nomenclature. Some purists might say that Dr. Myers ...
  
  











  



  
The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy12 reviews
John Nolte

Mosby, 2002

Excellent

+ all it was meant to be
+ Better than the textbook it accompanies....

Many years ago I used the great Noback and Demarest text in grad school, but books like these are a big improvement over what was available back when I was in school. The illustrations are nothing less than stunning, and the text is clear and well written as well. It's more readable than many texts ...
  
  











  



  
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy (Grant, John Charles Boileau//Grant's Atlas of Anatomy)3 reviews
Anne MR Agur, Arthur F Dalley

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008

for artistic anatomy

+ Magnificent guide to the components of a marvelous "machine."
+ very good

This is a very good book for an advanced artistic anatomy atlas. Most of the material isn't that useful for me but the parts that are useful are more than enough to give this a high recommendation. I especially liked the regions of palpation that were colored on the skeleton. For an artist, those ...
  
  











  



  
Netter's Atlas of Human Embryology (Netter Basic Science)2 reviews
Larry R. Cochard

Saunders, 2002

Netter's Atlas of Human Embryologogy

It's about time. There has never been a more lucid account of the normal and abnormal processes of human development. Netter's illustrations combined with Cochard's succinct text and learning aids go far beyond any other books published to help further the understanding of embryology.
  
  











  



  
Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice17 reviews
Susan Standring

Churchill Livingstone, 2004

Amazing work by the authors and illustrators!!!

+ Iconic text lives up to its reputation
+ buy it new
+ 39th Edition of Gray's Anatomy (Susan Standring, Ed.)
  
  











  



  
Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaing, Vol. 1 Head and Neck3 reviews
Torsten Bert Moeller, Emil Reif

George Thieme Verlag, 2007

Anatomic atlas for body imaging

+ Cross Sectional Anatomy Vol.!
+ Pocket Atlas of Sectional Anatomy

Organized into chest, abdomen, pelvis and MR angiography of the lower extremity, this book is excellent in junior residents to learn multiplanar anatomy. The MR images are T1 weighted with schematics of normal anatomy and quality is excellent. CT images are provided in the axial plane are equally ...
  
  











  



  
Gray's Anatomy for Students22 reviews
Richard Drake, Wayne Vogl, ...

Churchill Livingstone, 2004

Great text to go with photos.

+ A easy way to study anatomy
+ could be better, could be worse

This book is very helpful when preparing to go in for my lab. It goes step by step through the regions with blood supply, innervation, bones, etc. all in full text, yet it is concise for those short on time. I use this book to prepare for and complete labs and the Atlas of Clinical Gross Anatomy ...
  
  











  



  
Immunology for Medical Students: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access2 reviews
Roderick Nairn, Matthew Helbert

Mosby, 2006

An excellent immunology book for medical students

+ Good reference book

The book is concise and easy to follow. It contains a lot of background information, in format of inserted boxes, on diseases related to the immune system. The information about immunology is NOT thorough with details. Neither is the presentation of (immuno)pathology. But should be adequate for ...
  
  











  



  
Medical Physiology, Updated Edition: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY)14 reviews
Walter F. Boron, Emile L. Boulpaep

Saunders, 2004

Book gives real understanding

+ Comprehensive Physiology Textbook
+ Boron's Physiology
+ great reference