RT Journal T1 ESsentials of medicine. JF Archives of Internal Medicine JO Archives of Internal Medicine YR 1949 FD April 1 VO 83 IS 4 SP 475 OP 475 DO 10.1001/archinte.1949.00220330115026 UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1949.00220330115026 AB The appearance of a fifteenth edition of this standard work indicates that many generations of instructors in schools of nursing have found it to be a satisfactory textbook. Economy in print and margins now makes it possible to condense an immense amount of information in an octavo volume. The general format and the many diagrams, photographs and colored plates are excellent features, and we have no doubt that the book will continue to be a leader in the field of nursing education.