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Previous Volume 334:1482-1483 May 30, 1996 Number 22

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20th edition. Edited by G.C. Cook. 1779 pp. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1996. $115. ISBN 0-7020-1764-7.

In 1898, Dr. Patrick Manson wrote that "A manual on the diseases of warm climates, of handy size, and yet giving adequate information, has long been a want; for the exigencies of travel and tropical life are, as a rule, incompatible with big volumes." The 20th edition of Manson's Tropical Diseases is a far cry from a "handy" monograph and, at 1779 pages, may result in overweight-baggage charges for those traveling to the tropics. Yet this edition represents an ambitious and radical overhaul of a well-respected British textbook.

The practice and study of clinical tropical medicine have regained importance in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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