List of medical textbooks

Pre-modern texts

Ancient Egypt

• Ramesseum medical papyri
• Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus
• London Medical Papyrus
• Ebers Papyrus
• Edwin Smith Papyrus - Earliest mention of the brain; the pulse; the role of the heart in circulating blood, but not complete circulation. It is the world's oldest surgical textbook, containing descriptions of the zygomatic bone, dura mater, cerebrospinal fluid, and nasal cavity.
• ''Brugsch Papyrus''

  Ancient Greece

• Hippocratic Corpus - Contains many important medical treatises including the Hippocratic Oath. Compared with the Egyptian papyri, the Hippocratic writings exhibit an improved understanding of brain structure and function. It correctly attributed the primary control of the body's function to the brain.
• Galenic corpus
• De Materia Medica
• ''Medical Compendium in Seven Books''

  Ancient China

• Huangdi Neijing - Most authoritative Chinese source on medical matters for over two millennia. It contributed to the Chinese understanding of anatomy, and it continues to be used as an influential reference work for practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine. The book contains many guidelines and recommendations for the prevention of chronic diseases and micronutrient deficiencies such as beriberi, xerophthalmia, and goitre.
• Wushi'er Bingfang
• Shennong Ben Cao Jing
• Shanghan Lun
• Liu Juanzi Guiyi Fang
• ''Compendium of Materia Medica''

  Ancient India

• Kashyapa Samhita
• Sushruta Samhita - Early description of cataract surgery. The Sushruta Samhita emphasizes the importance of anatomical structure and function, and it contains the earliest written description of the pedicled flaps. It was translated into Arabic during the latter part of the 8th century.
• Bower Manuscript
• Charaka Samhita - One of the fundamental texts of Ayurveda medicine, it was translated into Chinese, Arabic, and Tibetan languages.

  Roman Empire

• De medicina

  Islamic Golden Age

• Kitab al-Taṣrif - Surgical encyclopedia.
• Book of Optics - Exerted great influence on Western science. It was translated into Latin and it was used until the early 17th century. The German physician Hermann von Helmholtz reproduced several theories of visual perception that were found in the first Book of Optics, which he cited and copied from.
• The Canon of Medicine - Described by Sir William Osler as a "medical bible" and "the most famous medical textbook ever written". The Canon of Medicine introduced the concept of a syndrome as an aid to diagnosis, and it laid out an essential framework for a clinical trial. It was translated into Latin by Gerard de Sabloneta and it was used extensively in European medical schools. It also became the most authoritative text on anatomy until the 16th century.
• Commentary on Anatomy in Avicenna's Canon : First description of the pulmonary circulation system, and the first description of the presence and function of coronary circulation.

  Medieval Europe

• Compendium Medicinæ
• Thesaurus Pauperum
• Rosa Anglica
• La Chirurgie
• Stockholm, Royal Library, manuscript X. 90. A significant and compendious collection of Middle English medical recipes, charms, and treatises.
• Universa Medicina

  Renaissance

• De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem
• Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus
• De pulmonibus obseruationes anatomicae
• Adversaria Anatomica
• De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis

  Modern textbooks

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[Anatomy]

• Gray's Anatomy
• Gray's Anatomy for Students
• Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy
• Clinically Oriented Anatomy
• Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions
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  [Neuroanatomy]

• Snell's Clinical Neuroanatomy
• Neuroanatomy - Text and Atlas
• ''Fitzgerald's Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience''

  [Embryology]

• Langman's Medical Embryology
• ''The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology''

  [Histology]

• Netter's Essential Histology
• Histology - A Text and Atlas With Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology
• ''Junqueira's Basic Histology, Text and Atlas''

  [Neuroscience]

• Principles of Neural Science
• ''Purves' Neuroscience''

  [Pharmacology]

• Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics
• Basic and Clinical Pharmacology - Katzung
• ''Rang & Dale's Pharmacology''

  [Physiology]

• Guyton's Textbook of Medical Physiology
• Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology
• Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
• Berne & Levy Physiology
• Medical Physiology - Boron and Boulpaep

  [Anaesthesiology]

• Practical Management of Pain
• Textbook of Pain - Most comprehensive scientific reference text on pain. The textbook's founding editors were Patrick David Wall and Ronald Melzack, who jointly introduced the gate control theory into the field of pain research.

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• Talley and O'Connor's Clinical Examination
• Macleod's Clinical Examination
• ''Bates' Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking''

  [Dermatology]

• Rook's Textbook of Dermatology
• ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology''

  [Emergency medicine]

• Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide
• ''Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice''

  [Internal medicine]

• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
• The Principles and Practice of Medicine
• Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine
• Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
• The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
• ''Cecil Textbook of Medicine''

  [Cardiology]

• Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
• ''Fuster and Hurst's the Heart''

  [Electrocardiography]

• The ECG Made Easy
• ''ECG from Basics to Essentials''

  [Endocrinology]

• ''Williams Textbook of Endocrinology''

  [Gastroenterology]

• Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease
• ''Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology''

  [Hematology]

• ''Williams Hematology''

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• ''Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases''

  [Nephrology]

• Brenner and Rector's ''The Kidney''

  [Oncology]

• Abeloff's Clinical Oncology
• DeVita's Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology
• Holland–Frei Cancer Medicine
• Skin Cancer: Recognition and Management
• Souhami's ''Oxford Textbook of Oncology''

  [Pulmonology]

• Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders
• ''Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine''

  [Rheumatology]

• Firestein & Kelley's Textbook of Rheumatology
• Rheumatology - Hochberg, 7E

  [Neurology]

• Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology
• ''Merritt's Neurology''

  [Obstetrics] and [gynecology]

• Williams Obstetrics
• Williams Gynecology
• Berek & Novak's Gynecology
• Te Linde's Operative Gynecology
• ''Hacker & Moore's Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynecology''

  [Ophthalmology]

• Ryan's Retina
• Albert and Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology
• Ophthalmology - Yanoff, Duker

  [Paediatrics]

• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics
• ''Rudolph's Pediatrics''

  [Pathology]

• Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
• Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology
• Sternberg's Diagnostic Surgical Pathology
• WHO Classification of Tumours "Blue Books"

  [Psychiatry]

• ''Kaplan and Sadock's Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry''

  [Surgery]

• Schwartz's Principles of Surgery
• Sabiston Textbook of Surgery - The Biological Basis of Modern Surgical Practice
• ''Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery''

  [Urology]

• ''Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology''

  National and international publications

• Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Official publication of the American Psychiatric Association
• International Classification of Diseases - Official publication of the World Health Organization

  Dictionaries and encyclopedias

• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
• Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary
• ''The Modern Home Physician''