Kate Wiles

"I swear by Apollo the physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgement this oath and this covenant. To hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my own brethren and to teach them...

Kumar and Clark show the importance of the underpinning sciences in the understanding of clinical medicine and explain clearly the epidemiology, examination, differential diagnosis, investigations, and management of disease.