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An alphabetical collection of articles on health and medical topics, theories, discoveries, concepts, and the people behind them.

Library Journal

This one-volume encyclopedia contains 1400 alphabetical entries that provide concise information about various aspects of health and medicine--information that is always in demand. These include diseases, organs, systems, drugs, medical and surgical procedures, and biographies of scientists and physicians who made important discoveries. The book also has a chronology of medical history from 5000 B.C.E. through 1999. The articles are easy to understand, and ample cross references will help readers find related information. The biographies include many women scientists as well as researchers from all over the world. Most have pictures, though these illustrations are sometimes awkwardly placed on the page after the article. Although the information here is readily available in other sources, such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (LJ 2/15/99) and the Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale, 1998. 2d ed.), this will be a useful source for school, consumer, health, and smaller public libraries that do not own the larger, more expensive sources.--Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L., CA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\