Over 46 years and 17 editions, Sir Stanley Davidson's textbook has established a solid reputation for innovation and clarity. This 18th edition features a new editorial team, 21 new chapter authors, and many content revisions including a major new chapter on the molecular and cellular basis of disease and an enhanced new chapter on Diabetes Mellitus and Nutritional and Metabolic Disorders. This up-to-date account of clinical medicine will see medical students from their first experience with patient contact right through to their MRCP exams.