Original edition: Clinical examination / editor, John Macleod. 1964

History taking and general examination -- Approach to the patient / Graham Douglas -- History taking / Nicki Colledge -- The general examination / John Bevan -- System examination -- The skin, hair and nails / David Gawkrodger -- The endocrine system / John Bevan -- The cardiovascular system / Andrew Bradbury -- The respiratory system / Graham Douglas -- The gastrointestinal system / Rowan Parks -- The renal system / Stephen Payne -- The reproductive system / Stephen Payne -- The nervous system / Hadl Manji -- The visual system / Rebecca Ford -- The ear, nose and throat / Fiona Nicol -- The musculoskeletal system / James Huntley -- Examination in specific situations -- Babies and children / Steve Turner -- The frail elderly / Elizabeth MacDonald -- The febrile adult / Kum Ying Tham -- Assessment for anaesthesia and sedation / Andrew Longmate

This textbook sets out clearly and concisely how to evaluate symptoms and elicit relevant physical signs. It describes the practical skills which every clinician must acquire and develop in order to evolve diagnostic procedures and management strategies and plans. Highly Commended in the 2006 and 2010 BMA Medical Book Competitions, this Thirteenth Edition contains over 500 clinical photographs and diagrams to illustrate the text, with new topics added to make the book even more comprehensive. Included on the Student Consult site are the specially-recorded videos demonstrating many of the clinical examination routines described in the main text. New to this edition: A new section explicitly spells out how to demonstrate the techniques learned in the book in an OSCE and other formative and summative examinations. The text has been substantially rewritten with more on medically unexplained symptoms in the History Taking chapter and extended coverage of diabetes mellitus in the Endocrine System chapter