You hold in your hands a unique edition - a modern Big Medical Encyclopedia created in the best traditions of book publishing. Created by an experienced team of specialists, it contains a description of more than one and a half thousand diseases, various pathologies, symptoms and syndromes. This excellently illustrated book will help you clarify the correctness of the diagnosis, find out the cause of the disease, as well as the need for research and recommends optimal methods of treatment and prevention. For ease of use, the encyclopedia is provided with a detailed dictionary of medical terms and an alphabetical index. The publication is intended for both specialists - doctors of various specialties, students of medical institutes, and for the widest range of readers. Our encyclopedia should be in every home!