Rook's Textbook of Dermatology explained

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Rook's Textbook of Dermatology
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Subject:Dermatology
Genre:Medicine
Publisher:Blackwell, Wiley
Pub Date:1968 (1st edition)
Media Type:Two volumes (1st edition)

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology is a leading textbook of dermatology published by Wiley. The ninth edition was published in 2016.

History

The first edition of Rook's was published in two volumes by Blackwell Scientific Publications in Oxford in 1968. It was jointly edited by Arthur Rook, Darrell Wilkinson and John Ebling.[1] Rook was the editor of the British Journal of Dermatology from 1968 to 1974[2] a dermatologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and a medical historian.[3]

An online version was introduced for the eighth edition in 2010.[4]

The ninth edition in four volumes was published by Wiley in 2016.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rooksdermatology.com/manual/f02-sec-0001 "Preface"
  2. http://www.bad.org.uk/about-us/structure-and-function/officers/past-officers Past officers.
  3. "Foreword" by John Butterfield in Book: Arthur Rook, Margaret Carlton, & W. Graham Cannon.. The History of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. 1991. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521405294. 9. en.
  4. Book: Rook's Textbook of Dermatology . 10.1002/9781444317633 . 2010 . Wiley . 978-1-4051-6169-5 . Burns . Breathnach . Cox . Griffiths . Tony . Stephen . Neil . Christopher .
  5. http://www.rooksdermatology.com/ Rook's Textbook of Dermatology ninth edition 2016