Cecil Textbook of Medicine

Cecil Textbook of Medicine (sometimes called Cecil Medicine or Goldman-Cecil Medicine) is a medical textbook published by Elsevier under the Saunders imprint.[1]

It was first published in 1927 as the Textbook of Medicine, by Russell LaFayette Cecil.[2][3] In the United States, it is a prominent and widely consulted medical textbook.[3] Cecil Medicine is often compared with Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, which it predates by three decades.[3] Approximately one third of its authors are changed with each new edition.[4]

History

It was first edited by Russell LaFayette Cecil.[5] It is now in its 27th edition.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ISBN 9780721696522 - Cecil Textbook of Medicine: Single Volume (Cecil Medicine)". isbnsearch.org. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. ^ "Russell LaFayette Cecil (1881-1965)". The James Lind Library. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  3. ^ a b c Chang, Virginia W.; Christakis, Nicholas A. (2002). "Medical modelling of obesity: a transition from action to experience in a 20th century American medical textbook". Sociology of Health and Illness. 24 (2): 151–177. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.00289. We used the Cecil Textbook of Medicine, which dates back to 1927 and is one of the most prominent and widely-consulted (by both students and practitioners of medicine) medical textbooks in the US. We also considered Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, another popular US text, but chose Cecil because it predates Harrison's by three decades.
  4. ^ Burrow, Gerard N. (7 January 1993). "Book Review: Cecil Textbook of Medicine 19th edition". New England Journal of Medicine. 328 (1): 69–70. doi:10.1056/NEJM199301073280122. ISSN 0028-4793.
  5. ^ Pittman, James (26 November 2015). "7. Publications and professional activities". Tinsley Harrison, M.D.: Teacher of Medicine. NewSouth Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-1-58838-226-9.


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