Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE PART TWO: CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PRESENTATION OF DISEASE PART THREE: GENETICS AND DISEASE PART FOUR: NUTRITION PART FIVE: ONCOLOGY AND HEMATOLOGY PART SIX: INFECTIOUS DISEASES PART SEVEN: BIOTERRORISM AND CLINICAL MEDICINE PART EIGHT: DISORDERS OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM PART NINE: DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM PART TEN: CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE PART ELEVEN: DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT PART TWELVE: DISORDERS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM PART THIRTEEN: DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, AND JOINTS PART FOURTEEN: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM PART FIFTEEN: NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS PART SIXTEEN: POISONING, DRUG OVERDOSE, AND ENVENOMATION

About the Author

Dennis L. Kasper, MD, MA (Hon)William Ellery Channing Professor of MedicineProfessor of Microbiology and Molecular GeneticsExecutive Dean for Academic ProgramsHarvard Medical SchoolDirector, Channing LaboratoryDepartment of MedicineBrigham and Women’s Hospital Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Braunwald is the editor of HEART DISEASE; a major competitor to HURST'S THE HEART and he is one of the primary editors of Harrison's PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide C.F. Kettering Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. Anthony S. Fauci, MDChief, Laboratory of ImmunoregulationDirector, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNational Institutes of Health. In 2008, Dr. Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civil award.