Books about medicine?

Question

I am interested in becoming a doctor in the future, is the any good books about the medicine or the medical field that you would recommend me to read? I don't care if it is boring or anything, i just want to read something that would help me in the future.
Thanks.

Answer 1

In med school, they usually want you to learn the basic sciences like medical chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics and cell biology in the beginning. At first I suggest that you understand the basics of these subjects, if you haven't all ready.

If you want to read something more closely related to medicine, that at the same time isn't hard to get into for someone who is not a med student, I suggest this book:

"Medical Physiology" by Guyton and Hall.

This book is also used by many medical students to learn physiology, so you can get a glimpse of how it is like to study medicine. I am a medical student, and I have read this book in my studies.

Answer 2

Microbe Hunters by Paul deKruif is an old classic about early bacteriologists.

Level 4 : Virus Hunters of the CDC by McCormick and Fisher-Hoch is a more current book about discovering lethal viruses.

Century of the Surgeon by Jurgen Thorvald details the advances in surgery in the mid-nineteenth to early 20th century.

The Knife Man by Wendy Moore is a recent book about John Hunter, an 18th century surgeon and renaissance man.

An actual medical book that you might find interesting is A Short Handbook of Medical Genetics by Eberhard Passarge