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Rook's Textbook of Dermatology

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Rook's Textbook of Dermatology
9th edition, 2016
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDermatology
GenreMedicine
PublisherBlackwell, Wiley
Publication date
1968 (1st edition)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typeTwo volumes (1st edition)

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology is a leading textbook of dermatology published by Wiley. The ninth edition was published in 2016.

History

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The first edition of Rook's was published in two volumes by Blackwell Scientific Publications in Oxford in 1968. It was jointly edited by Arthur Rook, Darrell Wilkinson and John Ebling.[1] Rook was the editor of the British Journal of Dermatology from 1968 to 1974[2] a dermatologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and a medical historian.[3]

An online version was introduced for the eighth edition in 2010.[4]

The ninth edition in four volumes was published by Wiley in 2016.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Preface" by Chris Griffiths et al, (2016) Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, 9th edition, online edition. Wiley.
  2. ^ Past officers. British Association of Dermatologists. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Foreword" by John Butterfield in Arthur Rook, Margaret Carlton, & W. Graham Cannon. (1991). The History of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780521405294.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Burns, Tony; Breathnach, Stephen; Cox, Neil; Griffiths, Christopher, eds. (2010). Rook's Textbook of Dermatology. Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444317633. ISBN 978-1-4051-6169-5.
  5. ^ Rook's Textbook of Dermatology ninth edition 2016. Wiley. Retrieved 19 August 2018.