Happy 110th Merck Manual!
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The year 2009 marks the 110th anniversary of The Merck Manual, the best-selling and oldest continuously published general medical text in the English language. And what a 110 years it has been!
It all started in 1899, when the American drug manufacturer Merck & Co. published a small book titled Merck's Manual of the Materia Medica. According to their website, the book was meant as an aid to physicians and pharmacists, reminding doctors that “Memory is treacherous.”
In 1899 the Manual cost $1, about as much as a week’s groceries. Now the Merck Manuals, divided
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