Part I SYMPTOMS Chapter 1 FEVER Chapter 2 HEADACHE Chapter 3 EDEMA Chapter 4 OBESITY Chapter 5 EMACIATION Chapter 6 ANEMIA Chapter 7 MUCOCUTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE Chapter 8 COUGH AND EXPECTORATION Chapter 9 HEMOPTYSIS Chapter 10 CHEST PAIN Chapter 11 DYSPNEA Chapter 12 CYANOSIS Chapter 13 PALPITATION Chapter 14 NAUSEA AND VOMITING Chapter 15 DYSPHAGIA Chapter 16 DYSPEPSIA Chapter 17 ABDOMINAL PAIN Chapter 18 HEMATEMESIS Chapter 19 HEMATOCHEZIA Chapter 20 DIARRHEA Chapter 21 CONSTIPATION Chapter 22 JAUNDICE Chapter 23 HEMATURIA Chapter 24 FREQUENCY, URGENCY AND DYSURIA Chapter 25 OLIGURIA, ANURIA AND POLYURIA Chapter 26 URINARY INCONTINENCE Chapter 27 DYSURIA Chapter 28 LOW BACK PAIN Chapter 29 ARTHRALGIA Chapter 30 VERTIGO Chapter 31 SYNCOPE Chapter 32 TICS AND CONVULSION Chapter 33 DISTURBANCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS Chapter 34 AFFECTIVE DISORDERS Part II HISTORY TAKING Chapter 1 NECESSITY AND ETHICS OF HISTORY TAKING Chapter 2 CONTENTS OF HISTORY TAKING Chapter 3 SKILLS OF HISTORY TAKING Chapter 4 GUIDE FOR FOCUSED HISTORY TAKING Chapter 5 HISTORY TAKING IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS Chapter 6 EXAMPLES OF HISTORY TAKING Part III PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Chapter 1 BASIC SKILLS OF PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Chapter 2 GENERAL EXAMINATION Chapter 3 HEAD Chapter 4 NECK Chapter 5 CHEST Chapter 6 ABDOMEN Chapter 7 ANUS, RECTUM AND GENITALS Chapter 8 MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM Chapter 9 NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION Chapter 10 COMPLETE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Part IV AUXILIARY EXAMINATION Chapter 1 BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM (ECG) Chapter 2 GRAPHICS-SEQUENCED INTERPRETATION OF ECG Chapter 3 COMMON TYPES OF TACHYCARDIA Chapter 4 ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS AND DETERMINATION OF ACID AND ALKALI Chapter 5 PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST Chapter 6 BASIC INFORMATION OF ENDOSCOPY Part V COMMON DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Chapter 1 THORACENTESIS Chapter 2 ABDOMINAL PARACENTESIS Chapter 3 BONE MARROW PUNCTURE Chapter 4 LUMBAR PUNCTURE Chapter 5 URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION Chapter 6 GASTRIC TUBE IMPLANTATION Chapter 7 SKIN ALLERGY TEST Chapter 8 TUBERCULIN TEST Part VI MEDICAL RECORD Chapter 1 SIGNIFICANCE Chapter 2 BASIC REQUIREMENT Chapter 3 DENOMINATION, FORMAT AND CONTENT Chapter 4 CONTENT AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL CASE REPORT Part VII PROCEDURES OF DIAGNOSIS-MAKING AND CLINICAL REASONING Chapter 1 THE IMPORTANCE OF CLINICAL REASONING Chapter 2 PROCEDURES OF DIAGNOSIS-MAKING Chapter 3 CLINICAL REASONING Chapter 4 COMMON REASONS FOR MISDIAGNOSES AND OMITTED DIAGNOSES Reference Index