Millions of people annually visit mountainous and remote parts of the world, and many health care professionals now seek training in the specialty of wilderness medicine. Covering the entire spectrum of medical care, this book delves deeply into ways of treating a wide variety of problems found in areas and situations with scarce resources, from dental emergencies to treating dehydration and malnutrition. Practical ways for health care professionals to use their skills and knowledge when typical equipment is unavailable are covered in detail. Dr. Kenneth V. Iserson has scoured more than 100 years of medical references for the most useful and ingenious ways to diagnose and treat problems through improvised equipment. Examples include building an ophthalmoscope without lenses and alternative methods of setting spinal fractures. An extensive appendix provides international names of common medications so practitioners can recognize what is available to them. No other book presents these unique and surprising strategies in such a comprehensive fashion.

Improvised Medicine: Medical Care in Resource-Poor Situations

Kenneth V. Iserson

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cambridge University Press

Written for both laymen and professionals, this book gives answers the questions that everyone wants to ask in a question and answer format. What really happens to a dead body? What does our culture do with corpses and what have other cultures done? How does a body turn to dust? What happens in embalming, cremation, cryogenic preservation, autopsies, anatomical dissection, organ donation, burials, and funerals? How do we transport bodies and what does a medical examiner really do? How about the more bizarre uses for corpses, such as cannibalism, body snatching, use in secret rites, research, and religious ceremonies? This book describes individual and societal experiences, drawing not only from the medical sciences, but also from the arcane and secretive world of the funeral industry. We rarely speak about death—because it is the pornography of our culture and we know so little about it. This book sheds light into dark corners of our society and proves that, once again, truth is stranger than fiction.

Death to Dust: What Happens to Dead Bodies

Galén

There is a newer edition of this book. the 8th edition was released on April 16, 2013.

Iserson's Getting Into a Residency: A Guide for Medical Students, 7th Edition

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Galen Press, Ltd.

THE step-by-step guide through the process of selecting a medical specialty and obtaining a residency position. Packed with tips and practical information, it is the standard for all medical students.  It could be called, How to Get the Most From Medical School, or How to Succeed in a Medical Career. A must for every medical student and an excellent information source for premeds.

Getting into a Residency: A Guide for Medical Students

Galen Pr Ltd

Finally a book that gives premed students, and those thinking about becoming premeds, everything they need to know! A detailed, step-by-step guide through the processes of preparing for medical school, selecting a medical school, and obtaining the position. Packed with tips and practical information. Numerous charts illustrate the medical school selection process, and the "Must/Want" Analyses provide a way to rank the schools to meet individual needs. This unique book provides invaluable information about the entire process—from high school through what to do once you are accepted (or have been turned down). This is the book every potential physician has been waiting for.

Get into Medical School! : A Guide for the Perplexed

Education & Teaching

Higher & Continuing Education