Books...

**lil-lauren** · 30-08-2008, 12:21 AM

Since I've been so not-proactive about getting anything prepared for uni, I thought I'd get some of the books from the booklist online, but I don't know which ones to get!!!

I know there are the 4 essential ones: Vander's Physiology, the blue Biochemistry one, Essential Clinical Anatomy and Health and Illness in the community. I have the Biochem one and the Anatomy ones which I bought off Keeno cos he lives near me but I don't know what other books to get!!!

These are the ones it says on t'booklist to get (apart from those ones above)...
Systems 1: Review of Medical Physiology Ganong, also for sys. 2 and basic med sci so i guess this may be useful
Histology Ross, Pawling

Systems 2: Basic and Clinical Anatomy Peakman
Histology: A Text and Atlas with Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology with CDROM Ross, Pawling- I think this might be similar to the Histology one above
Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology Symonds
General and Systematic Pathology: With Student Consult Online Access Underwood
Rang and Dale's Pharmacology with Other

Basic Sci. for Medicine: Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics with Other
Turnpenny, Peter D. Ellard
Medical Pharmacology at a Glance Michael J. Neal

Which should def. be bought and/or I might use later on and which ones would I be wiser to borrow? Does anyone have any I could buy cheaply

???

haha I'm making up for lost time in keeness....

**lil-lauren** · 30-08-2008, 12:24 AM

also, lol, why a gynaecology and obstetrics book for first year? If I couldn't buy a topshop top for the same price, I'd almost want to just buy it for my friends to laugh at...

**AbdnGradPL** · 30-08-2008, 02:17 AM

hahaha

Regarding books:

Only the ones labelled as 'essential' are actually what we need. The other are supplementary, if u require additional info on given topic.

Also, Systems 2 is a part of second year programme... or maybe it's just my imagination

anyway, no gynaecology on year 1, that's for sure.

**lil-lauren** · 30-08-2008, 02:21 AM

No, on the booklist it said that Systems II is after Christmas... but I may get the Physiology and Histology ones cos they're used in more than one class.

**AbdnGradPL** · 30-08-2008, 03:06 AM

Ah, but maybe the ob/gyn book is there just to support the basic physiology&anatomy texts when we'll proceed to female reproductive system at the end of yr 1? They do that sometimes, u don't really need a given book as a whole, they just want u to read a chapter or two if ur really curious. Who knows...

**Eilidh McIntyre** · 30-08-2008, 03:13 PM

Do you not think buying books makes it so much more real? I'm getting really excited!

**AbdnGradPL** · 30-08-2008, 05:54 PM

It certainly does, Eilidh.. that's why I had some of 'em bought 6 months ago

but just u wait, Ruridh will post in this thread any minute now, and tell us all to chillax

How, I ask u, if there are only 3 more weeks to go?

yay

**lil-lauren** · 30-08-2008, 06:52 PM

yeah... I think I was just too chillaxed from holidays but some of my friends already going off to uni spurred me into action! i'll go crazy for freshers week but unfortunately I think we're going to have to be nerds this year...

**natamac** · 30-08-2008, 08:53 PM

Does anyone have the link for the booklist? i used the one from the premed handbook and it just came up with a bookshop site saying "page not available"
Tis getting very exciting now. I am driving my friends crazy with uni talk when they probably want to enjoy what is left of summer. Can't wait, not long now.

**ruridh17** · 30-08-2008, 10:01 PM

Robert you know me too well. I was just about to say to everyone to take a chill pill.

However, as i am in a tense mood right now, i will help you out some more:

Academic, Educational and Business Books - Blackwell Bookshop Online

Copy and paste that bad boy link above ^^ and you wont go wrong. Also choose Systems 1 and Basic Science for Medicine and there is nothing you can do wrong.

See, i can be a nice person when i want to be.