Following the successful scheme of Despopoulos' "Color Atlas of Physiology", his coauthor Silbernagl, along with an immediate colleague, Dr. Lang, treats the complicated & broad field of pathophysiology in this compact flexi. While generally books on pathophysiology are specialized in a certain field such as endocrine or cardiovascular pathophysiology, this is the only pocket atlas that treats all general aspects of pathophysiology in one. The book's organization gives the reader quick access to the dense information in informative texts & in 181comprehensive but clear color images. The images especially inform about the causal relationships between disturbances of physiological processes & the resulting malfunction & illness.