Mosby-Year Book

Foreword to the Fourth Edition Four years have elapsed since the publication of The Mont Reid Surreal Handbook, Third Edition, and surgical practice has progressed significantly, making a fourth edition seemingly appropriate. The training program at the University of Cincinnati continues to...

PrefaceThe clinical trial is "the most detinitive tool for evaluation of the applicability of clinical research." It represents "a key research activity with the potential to improve the quality of health care and control costs through careful comparison of alternative treatments.'""Wliile many...

PrefaceThe field of microbiology is fascinating. Most people associate microorganisms only with disease. However, cheese, wine, and sourdough bread, for example, are products of microbial metabolism. The quality of our envirorunent also depends on the activities of microorganisms. Microorganisms in...

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION THE THERAPEUTIC CHOICES INCREASE The dilemma of therapeutic choices was discussed in the preface of the third edition of Current Therapy in Cardiovascular Disease. As explained in that preface, new drugs and new procedures for the treatment of cardiovascular...