Osteopathic medical students and faculty benefit from a uniquely
practical text that organizes osteopathic concepts and step-by-
step techniques into a single comprehensive volume. This new
edition includes new, all-important updates on somatic and
visceral problems, writing the osteopathic manipulative
prescription, and case histories to reflect changes in the
national licensing examination. The book’s integrated method
for diagnosis and treatment embraces basic osteopathic history
and philosophy, osteopathic palpation and manipulation, and
specific manipulative treatments and concepts. Abundant
photographs demonstrate step-by-step techniques. Meticulous
illustrations depict underlying anatomy.