This book by a highly experienced teacher, tells the medical student how to examine a patient at the bedside—history taking, physical examination, investigations to be done—and guides him/her in the making of the diagnosis. Some of the more common clinical problems encountered in the ward are touched upon.

This second edition outlines the principles of the latest diagnostic tools such as Ultrasound, Doppler Echo-cardiography, CT scan, MRI, etc.

Designed primarily to meet the needs of the medical students, it would also be useful for the fledgling physician.