Handily thumb-indexed, this work provides student and practicing professionals quick, inexpensive access to Western medical terminology. The ability to cross-reference specific allopathic conditions, symptoms, and medical terminology is increasingly necessary for practitioners of complimentary medicines who must participate in insurance programs and referral networks. Western medical terms and concepts are an inescapable attribute of the emerging Chinese synthesis of TCM and the practice of Oriental medicine in the west. (20th edition due February 2005.)