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Why choose Matthews over Davidson?

Hello people
After a Big Bang break , I am back into action to talk about the things I have been doing for the past two weeks . Surprisingly, studying.

There is always an ambiguity in medical students over which book to study to get through the UG examinations.

My take :

In my opinion , George Matthews is a go to book for all those struggling to get through medicine.

Choose Matthews if you :

- Donot make notes

- Are a 11th hour reader

-Hate the refer to table 2.4 
     or turn to page 234 for treatment 

-Hate like you have studied in the previous chapter kind of text

- Like to answer to the point

-need a portable book

- Hate to carry sumo sized books

- Are fine with monotonous text

- Are used to spoon feeding

-Are fine with black and white print

-Want to ace in Viva ( Say that you follow Davidson, but answer stuff from here )

- Like it when every topic has the same blueprint 

I have read both Davidson and Matthews , had a glimpse of Harrison .What I have analysed after making notes from both the books is a little funny.

- Harrisson is the father of medical literature ( I honour him with this title 😜 To sir , with love )

- Davidson is his Distant cousin from U.K.

- Matthews is his Direct Descendant

- Matthews has Sir Harry's DNA and is more sorted 

- Matthews is light weighted (900 odd pages only)
-Matthews is aware of the fact that you have 4 months to study the vast subject and presents you the concepts in a simple language with the most sorted answers.

- Matthews follows a certain blueprint to explain every disease . So ,by the end of a topic you know what investigations are to be done ?what's the commonest mode of treatment ? And what physical signs you need to look for in examination .


But then there are a few cons on skipping which Davidson's reader base will punch me black and blue . Here you go ...

- Diagrams deficit ( has great flow charts to compensate)

- Black and white text ( We have solved all faded texts from all possible question banks for entrances , so Chill Pill )

To survive , you can draw color full diagrams from Davidson or elsewhere on a stick note and paste it in Matthews ( We all have friends who have Davidson, or Library Zindabad)


P.S. Never tell your professor that you follow Matthews 😜

So far so much
Take care 
Happy reading 





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