ISBN: 1905704607

120 Diseases is a crash course on 120 diseases, conditions and syndromes, from common colds to STIs. It offers everything clinical (pictures, symptom descriptions, prevention tips and stats) in bite-sized digestible pieces that are a perfect starting place or resource for the writer or the casual reader.

There are explicit, and sometimes difficult to view pictures, as well as nudity that parents might want to keep away from a child’s reach and each disease is given a mere two pages, so this is not a book for in depth research. Also, it’s written from a British slant, which means some of the statistics and such wouldn’t be as useful to an American audience.

But each article is thorough, professional but understandable and the 120 diseases covered are the ones people are most likely to encounter. It’s a valuable addition to the writer’s research shelf.