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HEROLD: INNERE MEDIZIN

A lecture oriented representation taking account of the topic catalogue for the medical examination for physicians. It contains ICD-10 codes within the text and the index of entries.

Approx. 850 pages

  • Systematically the complete topics of internal medicine
  • Accentuation of "pitfalls" which are important for exams
  • Taking account of the most important German and American textbooks (i.e. Harrison)
  • Therefore also recommended for the American ECFMG examination
  • Table of clinical-chemical normal values with SI units
  • Taking account of "evidence based medicine"
  • ICD-10 codes within the text and the index



"Herold: Innere Medizin" by Gerd Herold (MD) is one of the leading textbooks of internal medicine in Germany, if not the leading one. Its enormous popularity is based on the facts that it represents the topics of internal medicine in accurate and systematic form and that it is being updated every year for nearly 30 years now. Because of its success, it has been translated into several languages, like Bulgarian, Czech, English, Estonian, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish. The translated versions are being published and sold by the translators themselves on their own authority; the author receives a license fee.
If you are interested in translating this textbook into your own language and if you have the ability to print and sell your copies, we would be glad to hear from you. Please feel free to contact us and/or to get an impression of the textbook by downloading some chapters.
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Table of content:
  1. Hematology
  2. Cardiology
  3. Pneumology
  4. Gastroenterology
  5. Salt and water homeostasis
  6. Nephrology
  7. Rheumatology
  8. Metabolic diseases
  9. Endocrinology
  10. Angiology
  11. Infectious diseases
  12. Annex of the chapter "infectious diseases"
  13. Somatoform disorders
  14. Bullying at work and illness
  15. Alcoholism
  16. Poverty and health
  17. Medical reports
  18. Occupational diseases
  19. Physical exercise and health
  20. Reference intervals


The first English edition is available now. Visit www.herold-internal-medicine.com for more information.

Dr. med. Gerd Herold was born 1945 in Oberlungwitz in Saxonia, Germany. He got his license to practise medicine in 1974 and started his career as a hospital doctor for internal medicine at a Cologne hospital in 1974. From 1981 to 2003 he was the clinical director of the occupational health department of the Ford company in Cologne, Germany. Since then he has been working as a freelance consultant in health advice. He is a specialist for internal medicine with postgraduate qualifications in occupational medicine and environmental medicine. In his leisure time he works on the annual updates of his textbook. In his holiday he enjoys traveling to East Prussia and the Curonian Spit. Together with his wife, he likes to photograph, film, and paint to capture the beauty of the landscape in pictures and words.