Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction to clinical al medicine -- Cardinal manifestations and presentation

of diseases -- Alterations in body temperature -- Nervous sistem dysfunction -- Disorders of eyes, ears, nose,

and tiroat -- Alterations in circulatory and respiratory functions -- Alterations in gastrointestinal

function -- Alterations in renal and urinary tract function -- Alterations in sexual function and reproduction

-- Alterations in the skin -- Hematologic alterations -- Genetics and disease -- Clinical pharmacology --

Nutrition -- Oncology and Hematology -- Neoplastic disorders -- Disorders of hematopoiesis -- Disorders of

hemostasis -- Infectious diseases -- Basic considerations in enfectious diseases -- Clinical syndromes :

comunity - acquired infections -- Clinical syndromes : nosocomial infections -- Aproach to Therapy por

bacterial diseases- Diseases caused by gram-positive bacteria -- Diseases caused by gram-negative bacteria --

Sprochetal diseases -- Rickettsia, mycoplasma, and chlamydia -- Viral diseases -- Dna viruses -- Dna and RNa

respiratory viruses -- RNA viruses -- Fungal and algal infections -- Protozoal and helminthic infections :

General considerations -- Protozoal infections -- Helminthic infections -- Disorders of the cardiovascular

system -- Diagnosis -- Disorders of Rhythm -- Disorders of the heart -- Vascular disease -- Disorders of the

respiratory system -- Diseases of the respiratory system -- Disorders of the kidney and urinary tract --

Disorders of the gastrointestinal system -- Disorders of the alimentary tract -- Liver and biliary trac

disease -- Disorders of the pancreas -- Disorders of the inmune system, connective, tissue, and joints --

Disorders of imnune mediated injury -- Disorders of the joints -- Endocrinology and metabolism --

Endocrinology -- Disorders of bone and mineral metabolism -- Disorders of intermediary metabolism --

Neurologic disorders -- Diagnosis of neurologe disorders -- Diseases of the central nervous system --

Disorders of nerve muscles -- Chronic fatigue syndrome -- Psychiatric disorders -- Alcoholism and drug

dependency -- Environmental and occupational hazards -- Specific environmental and occupational hazards -- Il

Index

These brief essays remind us how deeply our current knowledge and practice of medicine depends on seminal

contributions to biomedical science and informs about the lives of some of the most oustanding contributors.

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