List of Textbooks

Medical Chemistry

MEDICAL CHEMISTRY I
E. Táborská, J. Sláma
Masaryk University Brno 2006

MEDICAL CHEMISTRY II 
J. Dostál 
Masaryk University Brno 2006

recommended:

INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL, ORGANIC, AND BIOCHEMISTRY 
Morris Hein, Leo R. Best, Scott E. Pattison, Susan Arena
8th rev. ed, Wiley 20070470103434

Biology 

ESSENTIAL CELL BIOLOGY
Bruce Alberts et al.
2nd ed., Garland Science 2003
740pp, Published in USA
081533480X

THOMPSON & THOMPSON GENETICS IN MEDICINE
Robert L. Nussbaum, Roderick R. McInnes, Huntington F. Willard
7th ed, W.B. Saunders Company 2007
1416030808

or as alternative to Thompson & Thompson

BASIC HUMAN GENETICS 
E.J. Mange, A.P. Mange
2nd ed, Rastogi Publications, India 2005
530pp, Published in USA
8171333214

Medical Biophysics, Biometrics and Computer Technology

LECTURES ON MEDICAL BIOPHYSICS
Z. Grosman
Palacký University Press Olomouc 1994
133pp, Published in the Czech Republic

Anatomy

COLOR ATLAS AND TEXTBOOK OF HUMAN ANATOMY: LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM: Vol 1
Werner Kahle; Helmut Leonhardt; Werner Platzer
[Illus] Lothar Schnellbaecher; Gerhard Spitzer
5th ed, Thieme Medical Publishers 2004
447pp, Published in Germany
1588901599

COLOR ATLAS AND TEXTBOOK OF HUMAN ANATOMY: INTERNAL ORGANS: Vol 2
Werner Kahle et al.
5th ed, Thieme Medical Publishers, December 2006
386pp, Published in Germany
1588900975 

NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSORY ORGANS: Vol 3 (COLOR ATLAS AND TEXTBOOK OF HUMAN ANATOMY) 
Werner Kahle et al.
5th rev ed, Thieme Medical Publishers 2003
406pp, Published in Germany
1588900649

additional, especially for dissection practicals:

CUNNINGHAM'S MANUAL OF PRACTICAL ANATOMY: VOLUME 1. UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS
G.J. Romanes
15th ed, Oxford University Press 1986
272pp, Published in UK
0-19-263138-1

CUNNINGHAM'S MANUAL OF PRACTICAL ANATOMY: VOLUME 2. THORAX AND ABDOMEN
G.J. Romanes
15th ed, Oxford University Press 1986
304pp, Published in UK
0-19-263139-X

CUNNINGHAM'S MANUAL OF PRACTICAL ANATOMY: VOLUME 3. HEAD AND NECK AND BRAIN
G.J. Romanes
15th ed, Oxford University Press 1986
352pp, Published in UK
0-19-263140-3

WOLF-HEIDEGGER'S ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY
Petra Kopf-Maier, G. Wolf-Heidegger
6th rev. and ext. ed, S Karger P 2005
494pp, Published in Switzerland
3805576684

OR ANY OTHER ATLAS OF ANATOMY

Histology and Embryology

Histology textbooks

JUNQUEIRA’S BASIC HISTOLOGY: Text & Atlas
A. Merscher
11th ed, Mc Graw Hill, Singapore, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-259-07232-1

HISTOLOGY: A Text and Atlas
M.H. Ross and W. Pawlina
6th ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2010
ISBN: 9781451101508 

NETTER’S ESSENTIAL HISTOLOGY
W.K. Ovalle and P.C. Nahirney
2nd ed, Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4557-0631-0

Embryology textbooks

LANGMAN'S MEDICAL EMBRYOLOGY 
T.W Sadler
12th ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4511-4461-1

BEFORE WE ARE BORN
K.L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud and M.G.Torchia
8th ed. Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4377-2001-3

Oral Histology textbooks

ORAL ANATOMY, HISTOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY
B.K.B. Berkovitz, G.R. Holland and B.J. Moxham
4th ed, Mosby, Elsevier, Edinburgh, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7234-3411-5

ILLUSTRATED DENTAL EMBRYOLOGY, HISTOLOGY, and ANATOMY
M. Bath-Balogh and M.J. Fehrenbach
3rd ed, Elsevier, St. Luis, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4377-1730-3

Books of any older edition by these authors can be used!

Biochemistry

LIPPINCOTT'S ILLUSTRATED REVIEWS: BIOCHEMISTRY
Pamela C. Champe; Richard A. Harvey
3rd ed, Lippincott-Raven Publishers July 2004
608pp, Published in USA
0-781-72265-9

additional:

BIOCHEMISTRY: A CONCISE TEXT FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
D.K. Apps; B.B. Cohen; C.M. Steel
5th ed, Bailliere Tindall 1992
456pp, Published in UK
0-7020-1444-3

BIOCHEMISTRY: A CASE ORIENTED APPROACH
R. Montgomery; T. Conway; A. Spector; D. Chappel
6th ed, Mosby 1996
740pp, Published in USA
0-8151-6483-1 

Physiology

OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY
Guyton, A.C.;
TEXTBOOK Hall, J.E.
10th ed, WB Saunders 2000
1064pp, Published in USA
0-7216-8677-X

PRACTICAL TOPICS IN PHYSIOLOGY
J. Petřek
Palacký University Press Olomouc 1995
Published in the Czech Republic

additional:

REVIEW OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY
William F. Ganong
21st ed, Mc Graw-Hill Professional Publishing 2003
912pp, Published in USA
0-07104-0236-5 

Microbiology

MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Murray, P.R.; Rosenthal, K.S.; Kobayashi, G.S.; Pfaller M.A.
4th ed, Mosby 2002
826pp, Published in USA
0-3230-1213-2

MICROBIOLOGY I
Koukalová D. et al.
Palacký University Press Olomouc 2002
Published in the Czech Republic

MICROBIOLOGY II
Kolář M. et al.
Palacký University Press Olomouc 2002
Published in the Czech Republic

additional:

HUMAN VIROLOGY
Collier, L.; Oxford, J.S.
2nd ed, Oxford University Press 2000
284pp, Published in UK
0-19-262820-8

MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Mims, C.
3rd ed, Mosby-Wolfe 2004
648pp, Published in USA
0-7234-3259-7 

Pathology

BASIC PATHOLOGY
Kumar, V.; Cotran, R.S.; Robbins, S.
7th ed, WB Saunders 2002
775pp, Published in USA
0-7216-9274-5

BASICS OF GENERAL AND SYSTEMIC PATHOLOGY FOR STUDENTS OF MEDICINE
1st ed, Palacký University Press Olomouc 2003
174pp, Published in the Czech Republic

additional

PATHOLOGIC BASIS OF DISEASE
Kumar, C.; Cotran, R.S.; Robbins, S.
6th ed, WB Saunders 1999
1425pp, Published in USA
0-7216-7335-X 

Pathological Physiology

TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY
Guyton, A.C.; Hall, J.E.
10th ed, WB Saunders 2000
1064pp, Published in USA
0-7216-8677-X

PERSPECTIVES ON PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Lee-Ellen C. Copstead
WB Saunders 1997
1268pp, Published in USA
0-7216-3846-5

additional:

CECIL TEXTBOOK OF MEDICINE (single volume)
[Ed] James B. Wyngaarden; Lloyd H. Smith; J.Claude Bennett
21st ed, WB Saunders 2000
2308pp, Published in USA
0-7216-7996-X

THE ECG MADE EASY: HAMPTON ECG MADE EASY
J.R. Hampton
6th ed, Churchill Livingstone 2003
150pp, Published in UK
0-4430-7253-1

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY. PRINCIPLES OF DISEASES.
I. Hulín
2nd ed, SAV Bratislava 1998
Published in the Slovak Republic 

Pharmacology

PHARMACOLOGY
H.P. Rang; M.M. Dale; J.M. Ritter; P. Gardner
4th ed, Churchill Livingstone 2001
856pp, Published in UK
0-443-06574-8

additional:

BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Betram G. Katzung
8th ed, McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing 2000
1217pp, Published in USA
0-8385-0598-8

PHARMACOLOGY: DRUG ACTIONS AND REACTIONS
Ruth Levine
6th ed, Parthenon Publishing 2000
573pp, Published in UK
1-85070-497-X

POCKET ATLAS OF PHARMACOLOGY
Heinz Luellmann; Klaus Mohr; Albrecht Ziegler; Detlef Bieger
Thieme 2000
Published in Germany
0-86577-843-4 

Introduction to Internal Medicine

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
L. Chrobák; T. Gral; J. Kvasnička
Grada Publishing 2003
Published in the Czech Republic
80-247-0617-2

MACLEOD‘S CLINICAL EXAMINATION
Macleod, J.; Munro, J.F., Campbell, I.W.
10th ed, Chirchill Livingstone 2000
0-4430-6186-6 

Internal Medicine

for 3rd, 4th, 5th year students

CECIL ESSENTIALS OF MEDICINE
T.E. Andreoli; J.C. Bennet; Ch.J.C. Carpenter; Robert C. Griggs; Joseph Loscalzo
5th ed, WB Saunders 2000
Published in USA
0-7216-8179-4

for 3rd year students, 5th year students (additional)

HARRISON'S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
[Ed] Eugene Braunwald; Anthony S. Fauci; Dennis L. Kasper; Stephan L. Hauser; Dan L. Longo, J. Larry Jameson
15th ed, McGraw-Hill Professional Publ. 2001
2629pp, Published in USA
0-07-007272-8

for 4th, 5th year students

AN ATLAS OF CLINICAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
Č. Číhalík
Palacký University Press Olomouc 1998
215pp, Published in the Czech Republic
80-7067-821-6

for 5th year students

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
Chrobák, L.; Gral, T.; Kvasnička, J. et al.
Grada - Avicenum 1997
Published in the Czech Republic
80-247-0617-2

additional:

for 5th year students

FRENCH'S INDEX OF DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Ian A.D. Bouchier; Harold Ellis; Peter R. Fleming
13th ed, Oxford university press 1996
812pp, Published in UK
0-7506-1434-X

for 5th year students

DAVIDSON‘S PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
C. Haslett at al.
19th ed, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone 2002
Published in UK
0-4430-7111-X 

Basic Patient Care

CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS: BASIC TO ADVANCED SKILLS
Duell, D.J. at al.
0-8385-1389-1
5th ed, Prentice Hall 2000
1199 pp, Published in USA
0838515665

NURSING
Kozier, B.; Erb, D.; Olivieri, R.
Martin: Osveta 1995
Published in the Slovak Republic
80-217-0528-0 

Medical Psychology

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Edward P. Sarafino
4th ed, John Wiley and Sons, c 2001
560pp, Published in USA
0-471-35940-8

or

PSYCHOLOGY IN ACTION
Karen Huffman
6th ed, John Wiley and Sons 2001
736pp, Published in USA
0-471-39495-5 

Social Medicine

HEALTH CARE POLICY AND ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT
Robert A. McLean
Palacký University Press Olomouc 1998
Published in the Czech Republic

additional

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE
Donaldson, R.J.; Donaldson, L.J.
2nd ed, Petroc Press 2000
477pp, Published in UK
1-900603-32-2

INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SERVICES
Willimas, S.J.; Torrens, P.R.
6th ed, Delmar 2001
428pp, Published in USA
0-7668-3611-8

HEALTH POLITICS AND POLICY
Litman, T.J.; Robins, L.S.
3rd ed, Delmar 1997
596pp, Published in USA
0-8273-67767

HEALTH CARE ECONOMICS
Paul J. Feldstein
5th ed, Delmar 1998
608pp, Published in USA
0-7668-0699-5 

Social Medicine and Medical Ethics

COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Practical Handbook, 2nd ed
Koupilová, I.; Holčík, J.
Masaryk University Press Brno 1996
Published in the Czech Republic 

Radiology

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
Armstrong, P.; Wastie, M.L.
5th ed, Blackwell Science 2002
472pp, Published in UK
0-6320-6516-8

or

RADIOLOGY AND IMAGING FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
David Sutton
7th ed, W.B. Saunders 1998
271pp, Published in USA
0-4430-5917-9 

Nuclear Medicine

ESSENTIALS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING
Fred A. Mettler; Milton J. Guiberteau
4th ed, WB Saunders 1998
468pp, Published in USA
0-7216-5121-6 

Clinical Oncology

MANUAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
[Ed] R.R. Love; F.X. Bosch; P.G. Gill; C.R. Hamilton; D.K.
Hossfeld; C.D. Sherman Jr
6th ed, Springer 1994
450pp, Published in Germany
3-540-58193-6 

Neurology

ESSENTIALS OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY
L. Weisberg; R.L. Strub; C.A. Garcia
3rd ed, Mosby 1996
786pp, Published in USA
0-8151-9129-4 

Psychiatry

CONCISE OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY
Michael Gelder; Dennis Gath; Richard Mayou
Oxford University Press 1994
474pp, Published in UK
0-19-262032-0

additional:

KAPLAN AND SADOCK'S SYNOPSIS OF PSYCHIATRY
Harold I. Kaplan; Benjamin J. Sadock
8th ed, Williams & Wilkins 1998
1401pp, Published in USA
0-683-303309

OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY
Michael Gelder; Dennis Gath; Richard Mayou; Philip Cowen
3rd ed, Oxford University Press 1996
960pp, Published in UK
0-19-262501-2 

Paediatrics

ILLUSTRATED TEXTBOOK OF PAEDIATRICS
T. Lissauer; G. Clayden, B. Chir
Mosby 1996
3252pp, Published in USA
0-7234-1657-5

additional:

PEDIATRICS
[Ed] Daniel Bernstein; Steven P. Shelov
2nd ed, Lippencott, Williams & Wilkins 2003
650pp, Published in USA
0-7817-2941-6 

Dermatology and Venerology

CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY
J.A.A. Hunter; J.A. Savin; M.V. Dahl
3rd ed, Blackwell Science 2002
328pp, Published in UK
0-632-05916-8

ABC OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
[Ed] Michael W. Adler
4rd ed, Login Brothers Book Company 1998
75pp, Published in UK
0-7279-1368-9

may be used instead of the above text by J.A.A. Hunter et al.:

CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY
Rona M. MacKie
4th ed, Oxford University Press 1997
324pp, Published in UK
0-19-262761-9 

Medical Genetics 

THOMPSON AND THOMPSON GENETICS IN MEDICINE
Roderick R. McInnes; Huntingdon F. Willard, Robert L. Nussbaum
6th ed, WB Saunders 2001
352pp, Published in USA
0-7216-6902-6

additional:

ESSENTIAL MEDICAL GENETICS
J. Michael Connor; M.A. Ferguson-Smith
5th ed, Blackwell Science (UK) 1997
288pp, Published in UK
0-632-04158-7 

Clinical Biophysics

CLINICAL BIOPHYSICS
M. Anbar; R.A. Spangler; P. Scott
Warren H. Green 1985
747pp, Published in USA
0-87527-316-5 

Exercise and Sports Medicine

EXERCISE TESTING AND EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION FOR SPECIAL CASES
James S. Skinner
3rd ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers 2003
Published in USA
0-7817-4113-0

PHYSIOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
Jack H. Wilmore; David L. Costill
2nd ed, Human Kinetics 1999
704pp, Published in UK
0-7360-0084-4 

Dentistry

STOMATOLOGY FOR STUDENTS OF GENERAL MEDICINE
J. Bilder; B. Bílý; Z. Halačková; V. Košut; M. Kukletová; M. Machálka; J. Vaněk; M. Pokorná; V. Sazamová
Masaryk University Press Brno 1997
Published in the Czech Republic
80-210-1611-6

STOMATOLOGY FOR STUDENTS OF GENERAL MEDICINE
J. Kilian et al.
The Karolinum Press Prague 2002
Published in the Czech Republic
(you may order this textbook by Knihkupectví Rudolf Šesták, Klatovská 8, 301 26 Plzeň, phone: 377 321 628)

additional:

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL DENTISTRY
Laura Mitchell; David A. Mitchell
3rd ed, Oxford University Press 1999
818pp, Published in UK
0-19-262963-8 

Surgery

BAILEY AND LOVE‘S SHORT PRACTICE OF SURGERY
Edited by Russell, Willimas and Bulstrode
23rd ed, Oxford University Press 2000
1350pp, Published in UK
0-340-75924-0

CURRENT SURGICAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT
Lawrence W. Way
11th ed, McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange 2002
1468pp, Published in USA
0-8385-1456-1 

Medical Immunology

IMMUNOLOGY
Ivan Roitt; Jonathan Brostoff; David K. Male
6th ed, Mosby 2001
440pp, Published in UK
0-7234-3189-2 

Clinical Biochemistry

CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
A. Gaw; R. Cowan; D.S.J. O'Reilly; M.J. Stewart; J. Shepard
2nd ed, Churchill Livingstone 1999
165pp, Published in UK
0-443-06183-1 

Clinical Pharmacology

OXFORD TEXTBOOK OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY AND DRUG THERAPY
David G. Grahame-Smith; Jeffrey K. Aronson
3rd ed, Oxford University Press 2002
774pp, Published in UK
0-19-263234-7

or

BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Betram G. Katzung
8th ed, Lange Medical Publications 2000
1217pp, Published in USA
0-8385-0598-8 

Infectious Diseases

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
B.A. Bannister; N.T. Begg; S.H. Gillespie
Blackwell Science (UK) 1996
484pp, Published in UK
0-632-03251-0 

Gynaecology and Obstetrics

GYNAECOLOGY BY TEN TEACHERS
[Ed] Geoffrey V.P. Chamberlain, Stuart Campbell, Ash Monga
17th ed, Oxford University Press 2000
280pp, Published in UK
0-340-71987-7

OBSTETRICS BY TEN TEACHERS
[Ed] Geoffrey V.P. Chamberlain
17th ed, Arnold 2001
384pp, Published in UK
0-340-71986-9 

Ophthalmology

GENERAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
Daniel Vaughan; Taylor Asbury; Paul Riordan-Eva
15th ed, McGraw-Hill Professional Publ. 1998
500pp, Published in USA
0-8385-3137-7

Otorhinolaryngology

OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
A. Hajtman; J.Koval
Komenský University Press Bratislava 1995
166pp, Published in the Slovak Republic 

Forensic Medicine

SIMPSON'S FORENSIC MEDICINE
Bernard Knight
12th ed, Oxford University Press 2003
192pp, Published in UK
0340764228

recommended literature for the state exam in Medical Law

LAW AND MEDICAL ETHICS
J.K. Mason; R.A.Alexander McCall Smith
Butterworth 2002
Published in UK
0-4069-4995-6 

Epidemiology

MEDICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: A LANGE MEDICAL BOOK
Raymond S. Greenberg; Stephen R. Daniels; John Williams Eley; John R. Boring III
3rd ed, McGraw-Hill Professional Publ. 2000
215pp, Published in USA
0-8385-6295-7

CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES MANUAL
A. S. Benenson
17th ed, American Public Health Association 2000
623pp, Published in USA
0-87553-242-X 

Urology

SMITH'S GENERAL UROLOGY
Emil A. Tanagho; Jack W. McAnich
15th ed, McGraw-Hill Professional Publ. 2000
888pp, Published in USA
0-8385-8607-4 

Orthopaedics

ESSENTIAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMA
David J. Dandy, Dennis J. Edwards
4th ed, Churchill Livingstone 2003
Published in UK
0443072132

additional (can be borrowed in the library):

PRACTICAL FRACTURE TREATMENT
Ronald McRae
4th ed, Churchill Livingstone 2002
384pp, Published in UK
0-443-07038-5

CLINICAL PEDIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS: The Art of Diagnosis and Principles of Management
Mihran O. Tachdjian
1st ed, McGraw-Hill Professional Publ. 1997
518pp, Published in USA
0-8385-1106-6

CAMPBELL'S OPERATIVE ORTHOPAEDICS (4 Volume set)
S. Terry Canale
9th ed, Mosby 1998
4076pp, Published in USA
0-8015-12087-7 

Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation

TEXTBOOK OF ANAESTHESIA
[Ed] A.R. Aitkenhead; G. Smith
3rd ed, Churchill Livingstone 1996
700pp, Published in UK
0-443-05056-2

INTENSIVE CARE: A CONCISE TEXTBOOK
C.J. Hinds; J.D. Watson
2nd ed, WB Saunders 1996
477pp, Published in UK
0-7020-1541-5 

Neurosurgery

ESSENTIALS OF NEUROSURGERY: A GUIDE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
Marshall B. Allen Jr; Ross H. Miller
McGraw-Hill Text 1994
567pp, Published in USA
0-07-001116-8

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