Review of Medical Physiology

by William Francis Ganong

This book provides a current and concise overview of mammalian and human physiology. Examples from clinical medicine have been integrated throughout the chapters to illuminate important physiologic concepts. The book includes more than 700 attractive and informative illustrations. A valuable self-study guide, which features content summaries, objectives, essay questions, and multiple-choice questions, is provided at the end of the book and is an excellent tool for students when reviewing for the USMLE and other examinations.

Genres: Medicine, Medical, Reference, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Science

912 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 1974

About the author

William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., (19 February 1864 - 7 September 1941) was a Canadian botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In his private life he contributed to the historical and geographical understanding of his native New Brunswick.

He was born in Carleton (now West Saint John), New Brunswick, in 1864, the eldest of seven children. He is the brother of Susie, Arthur, Edwin, and Kit Ganong Whidden. At the age of seven, the family moved to St. Stephen where his father, James Harvey Ganong and uncle Gilbert Ganong established the now-famous Ganong Brothers candy factory. It was expected that young William would enter the family business when he came of age, but early on, he showed an interest in the natural world. These interests extended to botany, reading, maps, and exploring the countryside. He also showed a talent for languages. Through his life he would come to have at least a working knowledge of French, German, Maliseet and Mi'kmaq. He was an early naturalist and by the age of seventeen, he had first-hand knowledge of numerous rivers and coastal areas of New Brunswick as well as the flora and fauna of the province. His explorations would continue throughout his life, both on his own and with one or more companions including Arthur H. Pierce, Mauran I. Furbish and George Upham Hay. He frequently prepared his own maps of these explorations.

He attended the University of New Brunswick where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1884 and his Masters degree in 1886. The next year, he went to Boston where in 1887, he received an A.B. from Harvard University. He obtained a doctorate in biology from the University of Munich in 1894 and published two papers in the German language. It was probably at Harvard that he met Jean Murray Carmen, sister of his friend and fellow Harvard student, New Brunswick poet Bliss Carman. They married in 1888. The marriage lasted thirty-two years until her death in 1920. They had no children.

Reviews

[Adrian Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is decent but not great. It does a credible job of compressing the vast amount of information that comprises medical Physiology - to a point. Often it misses out CRITICAL points that a student needs to know concerning specific topics. As such you can use this for REVIEW but not for STUDY. It is impossible to use this text alone and get top marks because of the gaps and holes. It has good scope, but not enough depth.

Use this to review but combine with a meatier text for study - such as Guyton and Hall's Textbook of Medical Physiology.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

lol - yes it does have gaps, but saved MY butt in A&P! A good compliment to any standard physiology text.

[Jerry McGiffin · Rating 4 out of 5]

My grandad flicked through this whenever he felt Ill. After reading this I can't imagine he felt much solace perusing this book. Very funny.

[Kimberly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy read as far as physio books go. It is saving my butt in endocrinology

[John-trent Le · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a fan of this serries ^_^ . The linda's version is better.

[Ahmad · Rating 3 out of 5]

pertemuan menakjubkan biokimia dengan kedokteran

[Ameria Paramita · Rating 2 out of 5]

Membingungkan ......

[Binit · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book, as it's title suggests, give you a good idea about recent established updates in physiology. I would not recommend it as a starting book.