Over 200 color figures and concise, readable text guide students through the steps to perform a thorough and effective clinical examination and perform basic practical skills.

This practical manual contains 31 exercises covering all topics included in pharmaceutics courses. The content is discussed in very simple language and intense detail. At the end of the manual a few pages have been left blank for notes to be made by students. The page facing every exercise has also been left blank and students can write calculations, methods of preparation in their own language etc. on these pages.

Celebrating a vast readership among clinical laboratory personnel for over two decades,Medical Laboratory Technology, in its revised, enlarged and updated edition, brings togetherall relevant medical laboratory technologies-new and existing ones-in three volumes.Particularly tailored to the needs of laboratories with limited facilities in developingcountries, the book: Describes all tests in a step-by-step manner with guidelines to avoid errors and hazards Details the care and use of laboratory equipment and preparation of reagents Highlights the clinical significance of laboratory findings Provides diagrams for easy comprehension Introduces methods and procedures for producing reliable laboratory findings Volume I: Introduction, Haematology and Coagulation, Immunohaematology (or Blood Banking) Volume II: Microbiology, Serology, Clinical Pathology Volume III: Clinical Biochemistry, Histology and Cytology, Miscellaneous Information This book serves as an invaluable reference for students as well as practicingprofessionals in medical diagnostic laboratories.

Preface INTRODUCTION HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY EVOLUTION OF MICROORGANISM CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISM NOMENCLATURE AND BERGEY'S MANUAL BACTERIA VIRUSES BACTERIAL VIRUSES PLANT VIRUSES THE ANIMAL VIRUSES ARCHAEA MYCOPLASMA PHYTOPLASMA GENERAL ACCOUNT OF CYANOBACTERIA GRAM -ve BACTERIA GRAM +ve BACTERIA EUKARYOTA APPENDIX-1 Prokaryotes Notable for their Environmental Significance APPENDIX-2 Medically Important Chemoorganotrophs APPENDIX-3 Terms Used to Describe Microorganisms According to Their Metabolic Capabilities QUESTIONS Short & Essay Type Questions; Multiple Choice Questions INDEX.

About the Book: This book has therefore subdivided the realm of medical instruments into the same sections like a text on physiology and introduces the basic early day methods well, before dealing with the details of present day instruments currently in