Rook's Textbook of Dermatology

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology

9th edition, 2016
Language	English
Subject	Dermatology
Genre	Medicine
Publisher	Blackwell, Wiley
Publication date	1968 (1st edition) 2023 (10th edition)
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Two volumes (1st edition) Four volumes (10th edition)

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology is a leading textbook of dermatology published by Wiley. The ninth edition was published in 2016.

History

The first edition of Rook's was published in two volumes by Blackwell Scientific Publications in Oxford in 1968. It was jointly edited by Arthur Rook, Darrell Wilkinson and John Ebling. ^[1] Rook was the editor of the British Journal of Dermatology from 1968 to 1974 ^[2] a dermatologist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and a medical historian. ^[3]

An online version was introduced for the eighth edition in 2010. ^[4]

The ninth edition in four volumes was published by Wiley in 2016. ^[5]

References

1. "Preface" by Chris Griffiths et al, (2016) Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, 9th edition, online edition. Wiley.
2. Past officers. British Association of Dermatologists. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. "Foreword" by John Butterfield in Arthur Rook, Margaret Carlton, & W. Graham Cannon. (1991). The History of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN   9780521405294.
4. Burns, Tony; Breathnach, Stephen; Cox, Neil; Griffiths, Christopher, eds. (2010). Rook's Textbook of Dermatology. Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444317633. ISBN   978-1-4051-6169-5.
5. Rook's Textbook of Dermatology ninth edition 2016. Wiley. Retrieved 19 August 2018.