Rook's Textbook of Dermatology

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

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology
9th edition, 2016
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDermatology
GenreMedicine
PublisherBlackwell, Wiley
Publication date
1968 (1st edition)
Media typeTwo volumes (1st edition)

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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Rook's Textbook of Dermatology, Volume 1, Eighth Edition. Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. Rook's Textbook of Dermatology ninth edition 2016. Wiley. Retrieved 19 August 2018.



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