Robert F. Schmidt

Gerhard Thews

Human Physiology is the English version of a time-honored German textbook first published by HERMANN REIN in 1936. We undertook the preparation of a completely revised 20th edition with the intention of making the book accessible to a wide range of English-speaking readers. The subject-matter was therefore organized so as to corre spond to the structuring of physiology courses in most countries of the world. The book is directed primarily at students of medicine. Its aim is to enable them to un derstand living processes in the human organism, providing the basis for the scientific understanding of pathological changes. The material was chosen to give the reader not only the knowledge required for passing examinations, but also information necessary for a subsequent professional career. For this reason special attention was devoted to pathophysiological aspects. We hope that the book will prove a useful reference on the present status of physiology for physicians in private and hospital practice as well as for its primary readership. The book should also serve biologists, biochemists, pharmacologists, pharmacists, and psy chologist as a source of information on the physiological principles underlying their disciplines.

Human Physiology

This book first appeared in English in 1983, as a translation of the 20th Edition of the long-established German textbook Physi%gie des Menschen. In this new English edition the text has been fundamentally "rejuvenated", to bring it up to date with the rapid advances in many areas of physiology and to incorporate many helpful suggestions from both readers and colleagues. In its scope and didac tic goals, the book remains as we set forth in the Preface to the First Edition, which follows. First, the content was substantially reorganized. The general aspects of cell physiol ogy and intercellular communication, which underlie the functions of all organs, were extracted from the various chapters and brought together in a separate intro ductory section. We are most grateful to our colleague J. DUDEL for undertaking this task. The second step was to make the text more concise in several places (for instance, the motor and somatovisceral systems previously occupied two chapters and have now been condensed into one). By these processes of condensation and distillation of the passages on general cell physiology, space was made for the necessary addi tions and expansions, with only a slight change in the overall length of the book.

Ernst Mutschler

Este libro intenta ser un texto para estudiantes graduados en tecnología médica, administración hospitalaria, salud pública y para residentes de Análisis, Radiología y Medicina nuclear y para los que se estén preparando en carreras que requieran conocimientos en la dirección de laboratorios.

Anatomía, fisiología y pato fisiología del hombre

Der Schmidt/Thews ist eine Institution. Als Standardwerk der Physiologie hat er Generationen von Medizinern während ihrer gesamten Laufbahn zuverlässig begleitet. Auch in der 27. Auflage erreicht dieses Werk dank seiner hochqualifizierten Herausgeber und Autoren den höchsten Standard an inhaltlicher Exzellenz und Aktualität. Seine ausgefeilte Didaktik, die in ein ansprechendes Layout eingebettete Fülle farbiger Abbildungen und die edle Ausstattung setzen Maßstäbe. So ist und bleibt der Schmidt/Thews ein Lehrbuch das man hat, weil man es eben haben möchte.

Gerhard Thews

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