BOOKS GUIDE (contributor: Aiza Anwar)

January 12, 2021

BOOKS GUIDE (contributor: Aiza Anwar)

· BOOKS TO CONSULT

AsalamoAlaikum Everyone!! I hope first year of medicine is treating you guys well, and it does throughout the year AMEEN.
okay guys so today I'll be sharing in this note with you guys upon which books to consult or not. First i'll be listing the textbooks of each subject and then the reference books.
i'll add an informal book guide to each subject at the end of every subject so that it's easily explained which book is preferred by us and why.

However it will ALWAYS be clearer to you guys after going through these books yourself and finding a way out according to your own ease. Many people guided us regarding their ways of studying too but the thing is we all study differently and have a different way of grasping and approaching things, so I’d suggest you guys to carve your own path and your own way out as well, DON’T WORRY, it might seem like a crazy path right now, but at the end of the first year the whole puzzle would be crystal clear to you, it won’t seem like an enigma and you’ll get a hang of it slowly and steadily!!! <3

Note: Editions of all the important books are mentioned, but before buying do consult your teachers for the editions they support, or it is preferred to buy the latest editions.
links to the Google drive of the PDF books is mentioned in the end, also the site where you guys can download free books of any sorts.

You don't have to buy all the reference books, I suggest you to first opt to buying the textbooks and practical manuals for first year only, as reference books are all available in library in best conditions already, which you can consult and also issue once your university cards are done and made.

Ø ANATOMY

1. GENERAL ANATOMY:

Ø Textbook:
1. General Anatomy (by Laiq Hussain)

Ø Reference book:
No such reference books for general anatomy

Ø Informal book guide:
There is this one single small book, may seem ignorable but isn’t. No need to look for other help sources for general anatomy doing it from the laiq hussain book would be enough as it is. You can cram this book and understand it well and then forget to worry about general anatomy.

2. HISTOLOGY:

Ø Textbook:
1. Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text and Atlas
by Anthony L. Mescher and L. Carlos Junqueira 15th edition

Ø Reference Book:
1.- Medical Histology
Book by Laiq Hussain Siddiqui
2.- Di Fiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations
Book by Mariano S. H. di Fiore and Victor P Eroschenko
3. -Wheater's functional histology

Ø Informal Book Guide:
Everyone recommends to study from laiq hussain as junqueira is famous for being too hard to understand.
However, laiq hussain is extensive and some of the information is extra. Also junqueira is our textbook, I’d suggest you guys to print or photocopy junquiera’s tables paste them in your laiq hussain book, and keep printed slides as a short book must to learn quickly for histology
consulting any other book than these two is a mere wastage of energy, so sticking to these is more recommendable.

3. GROSS ANATOMY:

Ø Textbooks:

For general topics:
1. Snell's Clinical Anatomy by Regions 10th edition
Book by Lawrence E. Wineski
For Bones:
B. D. Chaurasia's regional and applied anatomy
vol1: Upper-limb and thorax
vol2: Lower-limb
Atlas: netter's atlas for human anatomy 7th edition
For MCQs:

-Snell’s anatomy review
-link to lange anatomy review mcqs https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XJp-qGAWRAVG4xM25yY3V1Ym8/view

Ø Reference books:
1. -Gray's anatomy (recent most edition)
2. -Clinically Oriented Anatomy
by Anne MR Agur, Arthur F Dalley, and Keith L. Moore (KLM or commonly known as moore's gross anatomy)
3. -Last's Anatomy: Regional and Applied
Book by Chummy S. Sinnatamby
4. -BRS Gross Anatomy
Book by Kyung Chung

Ø Informal Book Guide:
best is to stick to your textbooks, so I suggest you cram and understand snells first. After that if you have gripped it you can consult gray’s for more expanded outlook however it is not much supported by teachers to consult gray’s at this stage.
KLM (moore’s) is rather easy book with better illustrations but it also comes second to snells. For atlas netter’s is the best recommended by teachers.

4. EMBRYOLOGY:

Ø Textbook:
Langman's medical embryology

Ø Reference book:
1.-The developing human 11th edition
Book by Keith L. Moore
2. -Lippincott's Illustrated Q&A Review of Anatomy and Embryology
Book by Harold Wayne Lambert

Ø Informal Book Guide:
you’ll be following Langman for whole of embryology but a few topics which your teacher will mark you you’d have to consult KLM for that

PHYSIOLOGY

Ø Textbook:
-Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
For MCQs:
-Guyton and Hall Physiology Review
Textbook by John Hall (latest edition)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XJp-qGAWRANGdyMW5tVFZhVWM/view?usp=drivesdk

Ø Reference books:
-A short book: Pocket Companion to Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
Book by Arthur Guyton and John E. Hall
-Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
Book by Lauralee Sherwood
-Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology

Ø An informal book guide:
Guyton being the textbook is the ultimate source for learning. The HOD of physiology department Dr. Brig. Mazhar Hussain, prefer guyton’s definitions and sentences, I’d suggest you to always try to learn a topic from guyton, even if after learning 20 pages you remember one then worry not as it happens in the beginning but if you invest enough time you can definitely learn alot by the end, it is also a book to quote from and is very much recognized in that sense. But if you have a hard time coping with it then for the time being there is this help book called Firdaus which is famous for being a shortened version of guyton, I don’t recommend you to study from there completely for multiple reasons, but it is a common and a shorter way out for many. though shortcuts might not always bring the best results :)
solve MCQs practice from the guyton review, but don’t think you have done it all by just relying on it.
the short book for guyton is helpful if you have a clear grip on guyton itself. I don’t recommend relying solely on it.

BIOCHEMISTRY

Ø Textbooks:
-Lippincott Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry
-Essential Of Medical Biochemistry By Mushtaq Ahmad
(vol1: for bloc 1 topics vol2: for block 2 and 3 topics)
-MCQ book G vidya Sagar
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7XJp-qGAWRASUtZcTcxLUt5dmM/view?usp=drivesdk

Ø Reference books:
-Harper's Illustrated Biochemistry
-Hashmi's Textbook of Medical Biochemistry
-Textbook of Medical Biochemistry Eighth Edition Dr (Brig) MN Chatterjea
-Marks' Basic Medical Biochemistry: A Clinical Approach
Book by Alisa Peet and Michael Lieberman
-Biochemistry
Textbook by U Satyanarayana

Ø An informal book guide:
for block 1’s cell pH transport topics you’d have to consult mushtaq vol1
for block 2’s vitamins nutrition and major food groups minerals from block 3 you’d have to consult mushtaq vol 2
slides are the best and all in all source of all the books for biochemistry
Lippincott must be consulted for proteins haemoglobin vitamins nutrition
Satya (Satyanarayana) can be consulted for minerals MAINLY. But is also a popular help book or easier book. Although not followed much or preferred in our course.
Hashmi’s being popular for the topic of nucleotides from block 3. Link to the pdf form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3uSsM2DUR5AZH0de3EejaVY1xd3X9LJ/view?usp=sharing
The book of faiq ahmed on biochemistry, not a reference book as per say, but has a popular place amongst the students as a short helping book to consult to after going through your study material thoroughly twice or more.