Cecil Textbook of Medicine explained

Cecil Textbook of Medicine (sometimes called Cecil Medicine or Goldman-Cecil Medicine) is a medical textbook published by Elsevier under the Saunders imprint.^[1]

It was first published in 1927 as the Textbook of Medicine, by Russell LaFayette Cecil.^{[2] [3]} In the United States, it is a prominent and widely consulted medical textbook.^[3] Cecil Medicine is often compared with Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, which it predates by three decades.^[3] Approximately one third of its authors are changed with each new edition.^[4]

History

It was first edited by Russell LaFayette Cecil.^[5] It is now in its 27th edition.

See also

• Lee Goldman

External links

• Book: Goldman . Lee . Schafer . Andrew I. . Goldman-Cecil Medicine . 2020 . Elsevier . Philadelphia. 978-0-323-55087-1 . 26th. 1 . en.
• Book: Goldman . Lee . Schafer . Andrew I. . Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 2020 . Elsevier . Philadelphia. 978-0-323-55087-1 . 26th. 2 . en .

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISBN 9780721696522 - Cecil Textbook of Medicine: Single Volume (Cecil Medicine). isbnsearch.org. 2019-09-12.
2. Web site: Russell LaFayette Cecil (1881-1965). . https://web.archive.org/web/20221218160730/https://www.jameslindlibrary.org/articles/russell-lafayette-cecil-1881-1965/ . 18 December 2022 . 2019-12-30 . The James Lind Library . en-GB.
3. Chang. Virginia W.. Christakis, Nicholas A.. Medical modelling of obesity: a transition from action to experience in a 20th century American medical textbook. Sociology of Health and Illness. 24. 2. 151–177. 10.1111/1467-9566.00289. We used the Cecil Textbook of Medicine, which dates back to 1927 and is one of the most prominent and widely-consulted (by both students and practitioners of medicine) medical textbooks in the US. We also considered Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, another popular US text, but chose Cecil because it predates Harrison’s by three decades.. 2002. free.
4. Burrow . Gerard N. . Book Review: Cecil Textbook of Medicine 19th edition. New England Journal of Medicine . 7 January 1993 . 328 . 1 . 69–70 . 10.1056/NEJM199301073280122 . en . 0028-4793.
5. Book: Pittman . James . Tinsley Harrison, M.D.: Teacher of Medicine . 26 November 2015 . NewSouth Books . 978-1-58838-226-9 . 149–150 . https://books.google.com/books?id=6q6aBQAAQBAJ&dq=cecil+textbook+of+medicine&pg=PA149 . en . 7. Publications and professional activities.