Dorland's medical reference works
Dorland's is the brand name of a family of medical reference works in various media spanning printed books, CD-ROMs, and online content. The flagship products are Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary and Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary. The principal dictionary was first published in 1890 as the American Illustrated Medical Dictionary, including 770 pages. The pocket edition, called the American Pocket Medical Dictionary, was first published in 1898, consisting of just over 500 pages.
With the death of the editor William Alexander Newman Dorland, AM, MD in 1956, the dictionaries were retitled to incorporate his name, which was how they had generally come to be known. The illustrated dictionary had grown to 2144 pages for the 33rd edition.
The dictionaries were historically published by [W.B. W.B. Saunders Company|Saunders Company|Saunders].
List of products
English-language originals published by Saunders
American Illustrated Medical Dictionary American Pocket Medical Dictionary Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary on CD-ROMDorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary onlineDorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary on CD-ROMDorland's Electronic Medical Speller CD-ROM Dorland's Alternative Medicine Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Dentistry Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Pediatrics Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Psychiatry Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Dermatology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Laboratory/Pathology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Medical Equipment Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Gastroenterology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Immun. & Endocrinology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's OB/GYN Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Orthopedic Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Plastic Surgery Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Cardiology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Neurology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Radiology/Oncology Word Book for Medical Transcriptionists Dorland's Dentistry Speller Dorland's Medical Speller Dorland's Cardiology Speller- ''Dorland's Medical Abbreviations''
Translated co-editions published by partners
In addition to the Saunders titles in English, there have also been numerous translated co-editions around the world. Listed below are the latest translated co-editions of the flagship product Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, together with the languages for the translations and the names of the publishers:- Chinese —Xi'an World Publishing Corp., Xi'an, China
- Indonesian —E.G.C. Medical Publishers, Jakarta, Indonesia
- Italian —Edizioni Scientifiche Internazionali, Milan, Italy
- Japanese —Hirokawa Publishing Company, Tokyo, Japan
- Portuguese —Editiora Manole Ltda., São Paulo, Brazil
- Spanish —Elsevier España, S.A., Madrid, Spain
- Vietnamese —Medical Publishing House One Member Company Limited, Hanoi, Vietnam
Publisher
Dorland's was published for over a century by the W.B. Saunders Company, which was an independent medical publisher during most of that time. In the 1980s and 1990s, W.B. Saunders was acquired first by CBS and then by Harcourt. In 2001, the company was absorbed into Elsevier, where the name Saunders was used as an imprint name. The 2020 33rd edition imprint is Elsevier.Contexo Media's Dorland Healthcare Information, publisher of Dorland's Medical Directory, appears to be unrelated to Elsevier, Saunders, and the Dorland's family of medical reference works.