FOREWORD
Perhaps the expression that a picture is worth a thousand
words evolved from an exhausted word counter who reached the number of one
thousand right before lunch and quit counting in favor of his ham sandwich. The
concept certainly continues that a good picture is worth a great deal of
discourse and offers a great deal of information, possibly like Mark Twain’s
dog who, when sitting on a hornet, gained a great deal of information in a very
short time. And so here is the third edition of Dr. Chung’s Visual Diagnosis
and Treatment in Pediatrics, larger and richer than the second edition, with
trusted distinguishing characteristics and associated findings as ever with
each illustration and now the added ICD-10 codes and interactive e-book
embellishment, leading the busy reader (without any sting at all) to a fast and
accurate answer.
There was, in past times, description of pathologic or
physical variation accomplished with extensive phrases and words defining as
well as possible the size, color, comparative nature, and whatever else might
be available in language to transmit to the reader what the writer felt and
saw. Drawings and often detailed chromatic paintings were added to great
advantage. In time, with the development of photography, and color photography in
particular, the capacity to transfer this image was marvelously improved,
gaining in detail much more than the old anatomist masters might have ever
imagined might be possible to display.
Now with this third edition, which, like a third child,
represents once more the attempt to create, as close to perfection as possible,
an improvement on what had heretofore been considered a very fine work, there
is the convenience of having, with the fingertip turning pages, thousands of
messages that could never have been sent before. Here is help to identify, with
a historical hint, distinguishing characteristics, associated findings,
complications, predisposing factors, and treatment guidelines, the answer for
which the clinician searches.
Gary G. Carpenter, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sidney Kimmel Medical School of Thomas Jefferson University
Nemours DuPont Pediatrics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PREFACE
Perhaps the
expression that a picture is worth a thousand words evolved from an exhausted
word counter who reached the number of one thousand right before lunch and quit
counting in favor of his ham sandwich. The concept certainly continues that a
good picture is worth a great deal of discourse and offers a great deal of
information, possibly like Mark Twain’s dog who, when sitting on a hornet,
gained a great deal of information in a very short time. And so here is the
third edition of Dr. Chung’s Visual Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics,
larger and richer than the second edition, with trusted distinguishing
characteristics and associated findings as ever with each illustration and now
the added ICD-10 codes and interactive e-book embellishment, leading the busy
reader (without any sting at all) to a fast and accurate answer.
There was,
in past times, description of pathologic or physical variation accomplished
with extensive phrases and words defining as well as possible the size, color,
comparative nature, and whatever else might be available in language to
transmit to the reader what the writer felt and saw. Drawings and often
detailed chromatic paintings were added to great advantage. In time, with the
development of photography, and color photography in particular, the capacity
to transfer this image was marvelously improved, gaining in detail much more
than the old anatomist masters might have ever imagined might be possible to
display.
Now with
this third edition, which, like a third child, represents once more the attempt
to create, as close to perfection as possible, an improvement on what had
heretofore been considered a very fine work, there is the convenience of
having, with the fingertip turning pages, thousands of messages that could
never have been sent before. Here is help to identify, with a historical hint,
distinguishing characteristics, associated findings, complications,
predisposing factors, and treatment guidelines, the answer for which the
clinician searches.
Gary G.
Carpenter, MD
Associate
Professor of Pediatrics
Nemours
DuPont Pediatrics
