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The Merck Manual describes the signs and symptoms of hundreds of diseases and disorders, with detailed discussions of appropriate clinical exam procedures, diagnostic tests and treatments. This free website version of the venerable desk reference book, used by physicians for a century, is written using technical medical terminology and is not designed for the lay reader.
 The online Manual is organized into 23 numbered sections based on body systems (Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders), disease agents (Infectious Diseases) and assorted special topics (Poisoning). Within each section are many sub-links, called chapters (308 in all). For example, under Endocrine/Metabolic Disorders, you’ll find “Thyroid Disorders” and “Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism,” which includes diabetes mellitus. You can also search the Manual using keywords, such as “diabetes,” if you don’t know which chapters might contain your topic of interest.
Under the category Front Matter, the Manual provides two practical chapters, a “Guide to Readers of the Internet Edition” and “Abbreviations and Symbols.” The Manual contains considerable information about drugs, but is less detailed than some other sources owing to the existence of a companion volume, the Physicians’ Desk Reference (PDR), which covers individual drugs in detail.
The website also provides a link to www.clinicaltrials.gov, a comprehensive guide to clinical trials that are currently accepting patients. There’s also a link to purchase the Merck Manual in printed book form ($79.95), for your PDA ($79.95), with the Pocket PDR ($159.95 for both) or on a CD-ROM ($35.00).
Merck & Co., Inc., based in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, has been publishing the Merck Manual since 1899. The print edition is 2,655 pages.
Last modified: 20 Sep 2006.
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