PART ONE READING 1
Unit 1 Text A:The Practice of Medicine 1
Text B:Ethical Issues in Clinical Medicine 9
Unit 2 Text A:Vomiting in Infancy and Childhood 15
Text B:Acute Poisoning 24
Unit 3 Text A:Resuscitation：Airway Management 29
Text B:The Acute Abdomen 39
Unit 4 Text A:Urinary Stones—Diagnostic Evaluation 45
Text B:Cholelithiasis and Chronic Cholecystitis 55
Unit 5 Text A:Preoperative Considerations in Orthopedic Surgery 59
Text B:Postoperative Care for Orthopedic Patient 67
Unit 6 Text A:In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer 71
Text B:Fibroids of the Uterus 81
Unit 7 Text A:Cesarean Section 85
Text B:Diseases Related to Pregnancy 91
Unit 8 Text A:The Clinical Syndromes of AIDS 95
Text B:Acute Viral Hepatitis 110
Unit 9 Text A:Diagnosis of Pneumonia 114
Text B:Chronic Bronchitis 126
Unit 10 Text A:Serological Tests 129
Text B:Urinalysis 137
PART TWO PRACTICAL WRITING FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES 143
Section Ⅰ Letter Writing 143
Ⅰ．Letters of Inquiry 143
Ⅱ．Letters for Diagnostic Consultation 145
Ⅲ．Letters for Referring Patients 146
Section Ⅱ The Structure of a Medical Paper 150
Ⅰ．Abstract 150
Ⅱ．Introduction 153
Ⅲ．Conclusion 157
Ⅳ．Acknowledgements 159
PART THREE APPENDIX 163
Appendix Ⅰ Medical Documents 163
Ⅰ．Drugs Instruction 163
Ⅱ．Case History 178
Ⅲ．Operation Report 183
Ⅳ．Discharge Summary 185
Ⅴ．Medical Laboratory Reports 187
Appendix Ⅱ Medical English Roots，Prefixes，and Suffixes 212
Appendix Ⅲ Glossary 246
Appendix Ⅳ 参考译文 286