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A reference list of some books which you will need in the first year

Points to be noticed

1. The books listed here are those which are commonly used (please
notice, “commonly used” does not mean “commonly bought”).

2. Some books have few pictures and are only “black-and-white” printed,
I think you know what that implies =P.

3. If you can’t decide whether it is good to buy a book or not, it is better

to read a few pages of the book first, to see if the style of the book
suites you. Libraries and even U bookstore are good places for you to
do so.

Addresses of two bookstores

MedPro :
Room 1413C, Champion Building, Nathan Road, Jordan, KLN
(next to Jordan MTR station Exit A, 裕華國貨正門 )

McBarron:
Flat C, 1/F, Pak Lok Building, 322-326A Nathan Road, Jordan, KLN
(Jordan MTR station Exit B1, walk along Nathan Road towards MK direction,
right turn at 長樂街)

Key to symbols

√ = nearly each student has one

(1), (2) etc = people choose either one of these
% = some people have this, some do not
** = you won’t regret having one, trust me

Anatomy

~ Gross Anatomy

Book Name Authors Remarks

√ Atlas of Human Anatomy Netter • Beautiful Pictures
(3rd edition) • Good labeling
Gray’s Anatomy •
√ Clinical Oriented Anatomy Moore
(4th edition)
“大 Moore”
(1) Essential Clinical Moore • Need less time to read
Anatomy (2nd edition) than “Snell”

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“細 Moore”
(2) Clinical Anatomy for Snell • More clear explanation
Medical Students (7th and pictures
edition) • not so colourful
Grant’s Dissector Sauerland • Can be borrowed from
library
• used as manual in
dissection practicals
Instant Anatomy (2nd Whitaker • Makes things simple
edition) (you will understand
how it simplifies things
when reading =P)

~ Histology

Book Name Authors Remarks

√ Wheater’s Functional B. Young • Clear slide pictures and
History (4th edition) J.W. explanation
Heath • very useful ……if you find
yourself lost in practicals
Essential Histology (2nd Cormack • For some topics, it has
edition) more detailed
explanation than
“Functional Histology”
Histology & Cell Biology : Douglas F. • Black/White
Exam and Board Review Paulen

Physiology

Book Name Authors Remarks

(1) Human Physiology : The Vander • Basic concepts
Mechanisms of Body Sherman • Easily understood tables,
Function (9th edition) Luciano diagrams, flowcharts
(2) Textbook of Medical Guyton • Basic concepts,
Physiology (10th edition) Hall • There is a pocket-sized
version
% Physiology (5th edition) Berne& • Very detailed texts
Levy • You may find it difficult
to understand the
concepts when first
read.
• Some people find it very
useful.

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Microbiology

Lecture notes are already enough.

Book Name Authors Remarks
√ Medical Microbiology and Levinson • Concise texts
Immunology : Jawetz • Black/White
Examination and Board • Enough for a few
Review (7th edition) immunology lectures in
IHD block
(1) Medical Microbiology (3rd Mims • More “system-based” (1
edition) chapter for 1 body
system)
(2) Medical Microbiology (16th Greenwood • 1 chapter for 1 type of
edition) microorganisms
• Black/White
% Colour Atlas of Medical Hart • Good pictures of
Microbiology Shears specimens
• Good tables, diagrams
• Useful for practicals

Pathology

Book Name Authors Remarks

Robbins’ Pathologic Basis Cotran • There is an online
of Disease (6th edition) version in MD Consult
“大 robbins”
√ Robbins’ Basic Pathology Kumar • It’s “More than
(7th edition) Cortran enough”
“中 robbins” Robbins
Pocket Companion to Cotran • Pocket-sized
Robbins’ Pathologic Basis • No pictures
of Disease (6th edition)
“細 robbins”
% Wheater’s Basic Stevens • Please refer to the
Histopathology : A Colour Lowe remarks for
Atlas and Text (4th edition) Young “Functional Histology”
• Actually robbins
contain some
micrographs already.
Pathology Illustrated (5th Macfarlane • Black/White
edition) Reid • 1 page for 1 concept
Callander • “精讀”-style

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Pharmacology

Book Name Authors Remarks

Basic and Clinical Katzung
Pharmacology (8th edition)
“大 Katzung”
(1) Pharmacology : Katzung • Black/White
Examination and Board Trevor • Not as many diagrams
Review (6th edition) “細 for explanation as in
Katzung” “Rang & Dale”
(2) Pharmacology (5th edition) Rang & • More “system-based”
Dale • Many diagrams for
explanation
** Medical Pharmacology at a Neal • One book of “at a
glance (4th edition) glance” series (Others
include respiratory
system, GI system etc)
• 1 page for 1 concept
• High efficiency (you can
get what is needed in
shortest time)
Mosby’s Crash Course : • One book of Mosby’s
Pharmacology Crash Course series
(Others include
anatomy, pathology,
respiratory system,
cardiovascular system
etc)
• There’s “大陸版” Crash
Course series, much
cheaper.

Biochemistry
clinical biochem lecture notes<------ 呢本重點推介
!!!You may regret very much buying a Biochemistry textbook…><!!!

Book Name Authors Remarks

% Basic Medical Biochemistry Marks • Many pictures appear in
: A Clinical Approach(平 Marks lecture notes
Smith • Need to spend much
時唔好睇) time to read
Principles of Medical Gelehrter • Black/White
Genetics (2nd edition) Collins
Ginbeurg
Clinical Biochemistry : Gaw
An illustrated colour text Cowan
(3rd edition) O’Reilly

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Other books that are useful

Book Name Authors Remarks

% Essential Haematology (4th Hoffbrand • Only few pages are
edition) (year 2 sin need Pettit useful in first year (eg
this) Moss blood clotting, G6PD
difficiency)
(1) Clinical Medicine (5th Kumar • For PBL
edition) Clark • Easy to read and get
the general concepts
• Has online version
(password given after
you have bought the
book, in the back side
of the cover)
(2) Davidson’s Principles and • For PBL
Practice of Medicine • More in-depth
knowledge than
“Kumar”
Harrison’s Principles of • May be useful for
Internal Medicine (15th preparing PBL sessions
edition) (year 2 summer • Has online version in
sin buy) MD Consult

Macleod’s Clinical Munro

Examination 910th edition) Campbell
Clinical Examination (4th Talley
edition) (may be buy
later)

Dictionaries(Dun need to buy)

In fact, you may not need a dictionary so often, and there are a lot of online
medical dictionary websites, e.g. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/omd/
Use: http://www.onelook.com/

Book Name Authors Remarks

Dorland’s Illustrated Dorland • Has pocket-sized version
Medical Dictionary (30th • PDA version? (not sure)
edition)
Stedman’s Medical Stedman • Has PDA version
Dictionary (27th edition)

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Some extra books used in second semester

Book Name Authors Remarks

√ Respiratory Physiology J.B. West • Black/White
:The Essentials (6th • But you may find
edition) lecture notes have
covered most of the
things
√ Pulmonary J.B. West • Same as above
Pathophysiology : The
Essentials (6th edition)
√ Circulatory Physiology : Smith • Same as above
The Essentials (3rd edition) Kampine
(1) Langman’s Medical Salder • Easy to understand
Embryology (9th edition) • Complimentary CD-
ROM
(2) Human Embryology (3rd Larsen
edition)
(3) The Developing Human Moore
(7th edition)
√ ECG Made Easy (6th Hampton • May not be so useful in
edition){sem 2} first year
• “Guyton” and “B&L”
have a chapter on ECG
• Black/White

Respiratory Medicine (Lecture Notes Series) (Lecture Notes)

Cardiology (Lecture Notes Series) (Lecture Notes) (Paperback)
{sem 2}