Abstract
Ideally, students learning physical diagnosis have a thorough knowledge of clinical pathophysiology; in reality, they may have just begun their pathology courses and probably have little or no clinical experience. Ideally, physical diagnosis instructors are excellent teachers and have a ready supply of agreeable patients with classic physical findings; in reality, students have turned to Bates' A<i>Guide to Physical Examination</i>to prepare for their first encounters with patients. The second edition of "Bates" has been released, and it retains the features that made the first such an excellent self-teaching text. Each of the 17 chapters devoted to a body system is divided into three sections: Anatomy and Physiology, Techniques of Examination, and Tables of Related Abnormalities. The teaching really occurs in the middle section, where, in marginal columns printed in red, "examples of abnormalities" accompany the text, describing the relevant part of the physical examination. Thus, next to the
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