Color Atlas and Text of Histology 7th Edition – Leslie P. Gartner

Color Atlas and Text of Histology

I am very pleased to be able to present the seventh edition of Color Atlas and Text of Histology, an atlas that has been in continuous use since its first publication as a black and white atlas in 1987. The success of that atlas prompted us to revise it considerably, retake all of the images in full color, change its name, and publish it in 1990 under the title Color Atlas of Histology.
In the past 27 years, the atlas has undergone many changes. We added color paintings, published a corresponding set of Kodachrome slides, and added more material to the text. The advent of high-resolution digital photography allowed us to reshoot all of the photomicrographs for the fourth edition.
Major changes are introduced in the seventh edition. The most exciting change is that I have completely rewritten, reorganized, and enhanced the textual material and added new tables to such an extent that it can be used not only as an atlas but also as review book to study for course examinations as well as for the USMLE Step 1. Because clinical content is essential to success both in navigating the integrated medical curriculum and in future practice, this atlas continues to feature numerous Clinical Consideration boxes that describe and illustrate relevant pathology. I have also included a new feature in the form of a new appendix, “Tissues that Resemble Each Other,” that compares and contrasts 40 light micrographs of tissues that may easily be mistaken for the other.
Probably the second most exciting change that was introduced into this edition is the addition of 124 new light micrographs and 4 new electron micrographs that assist the student in reviewing the histologic images in every chapter but the first. Moreover, the new chapter on Histologic Techniques (Chapter 20) was created from and expands on the sixth-edition appendix.