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Manual of Rheumatology and Outpatient Orthopedic Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapy
3rd ed, edited by Stephen Paget, Paul Pellicci, John F. Beary III, 527pp, $28, ISBN 0-316-68846-0, Boston, Mass, Little Brown &$ Co Inc, 1993.
Robert H. Rozendal, MD, Reviewer
Harrison Memorial Hospital Bremerton, Wash
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(9):1003.
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I have kept a row of spiral manuals published by Little Brown & Co Inc readily available for use in my office for years, finding them extremely useful in daily practice. The latest edition of the Manual of Rheumatology is a splendid addition to that row. Written by rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons from Cornell University Medical College, the 57 chapters of the book provide family physicians with a cornucopia of information on connective tissue and other rheumatoid disorders and make that information easily accessible and digestible.
The book's organization follows that of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine in that it begins with a discussion of the basic database needed to approach the rheumatic diseases, presents the basic signs and symptom categories (muscle pain, rash, shoulder pain, Raynaud's phenomenon, etc), provides specific information on diagnosis and therapy of specific entities (grouped in general categories), and concludes with a very good section
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