The World's most widely used medical reference. No home should be without it.

This comprehensive medical resource, The Merck Manual - - Third Home Edition, extensively covers health care for newborns, the elderly, and everyone in between. The new Third Home Edition provides the same authoritative information doctors have relied on in The Merck Manual, for more than a century, in easy-to-understand, everyday language. Previous editions have sold more than 3 million copies.

Written by more than 200 internationally respected medical experts, this new edition of the world's bestselling reference presents in-depth information for medical situations, including:

Aging
Gynecological Disorders
Heart disease
Digestive disorders
Cancer
Nutrition problems
AIDS
Hormonal problems
Infections and immunizations
Neurological Disorders
Pediatric Disorders
Men's, women's and children's health issues
Mental health disorders
Accidents and injuries
Care for the dying

And much more...