Throughout the series efforts were made to balance the emphasis on the scientific fundamentals and the basic principles of management and prevention with research directions and recent advances in investigations and interventions.

In order to make it more reader friendly and handy, efforts were made to minimize the volume while at the same time not compromising the contents.

On this basis, suggestions were made that it should be a regular and frequent topical medical periodical in scientific basic and clinical medicine.

It is hoped that these compendia will be found most rewarding by medical practitioners, health professionals undergoing their undergraduate and postgraduate medical trainings and other health conscious professionals and individuals.

This is a legendary textbook of scientific medicine in a journal format.