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Edited by R. Greger and U. Windhorst. 2527 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 1996. $135. ISBN 3-540-58109-X.

This two-volume textbook of human physiology is indeed comprehensive. The editors and the 102 other contributors have produced an excellent treatise that integrates a vast amount of molecular, cellular, and systemic physiologic information. The editors do not identify the intended user, except by stating that the work is "not an introductory text and aims at a more advanced readership." I think the book is more appropriate for an advanced graduate course in physiology than for a first-year course in medical physiology, largely because of the sheer mass of material. More important, it is a valuable reference work for research physiologists, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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