Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery

by H. Winter Griffith

A Medical book is about symptons illness and surgery. It has references to the symptoms and action to take for the illness and how to avoid or prevent some types of illness. in tube 15

Genres: Health, Reference, Nonfiction

896 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Dr. Henry Winter Griffith (1926–1993) was an American physician who authored 27 popular medical books. His most famous books of all include The Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness, and Surgery and Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs. Multiple editions have been published, even following Dr. Griffith's death, and these books are the basis for the health library on the popular web site MDadvice.com. Dr. Griffith's books have been renowned as easy for patients to read and understand.

Griffith was a graduate of Emory University medical school. He ran a family medical practice for 20 years, and taught at Florida State University and University of Arizona College of Medicine.

During his lifetime, Dr. Griffith suffered many health problems of his own, including heart disease and cancer. He underwent many treatments, including a heart transplant. He died in 1993 at the age of 67 from bone cancer.

An award, known as the H. Winter Griffith Award, is offered in recognition of an individual's or organization's contribution in patient education materials. It was created in 1990, and includes a $500 prize and a $300 stipend for its recipient.

Reviews

[Rusty Ware]

Very helpful

[Wilhelmina]

You don't have to be a physician to make a diagnosis if you carefully follow the "symptoms" chapter. It is designed for the medical novice to give limited information for whatever symptoms you (or whomever) may be experiencing. The information is broad yet easily understood without alarming the reader. Yet, when the situation is dire it will tell you "call doctor NOW" , call 911 NOW, or call 911 and begin CPR NOW.

This book has been apart of my adult life and very helpful to parents or the elderly. We now live in an era in which knowledge empowers us. You need to do as much reading when you, a friend or relative becomes ill to augment the important questions your physician may ask.

I highly recommend this book!

[Ann]

Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery by Griffith, M.D. @2006, ISBN: 0399532358, PB w/cd, LBS, $1.00, 9/2012
But had an older edition: Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery by Griffith, M.D. @ 1985, ISBN: 0895863340, PB, SHS, 3/2010

[Gloria]

Great reference book

[Michelle]

As with many of the health and medical books I own, I have reads parts of them according to information I needed at that time. I am marking them as "Read" and they are all 5 stars!

[Val]

adds to my hypochondria and paranoia...JUST PERFECT!!!!

[Candy]

Addicted to this book.