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Who wrote the book on medicine? We did!

Wash Manual editor Thomas Ciesielski, MD, associate professor of medicine poses with the newest edition on January 23, 2026. Matt Miller/WashU Medicine
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WashU Medicine publishes 38th edition of acclaimed textbook.

Renowned for excellence in patient care, research and education, WashU Medicine is also a publishing powerhouse, home to the No. 1-selling medical textbook in the world.

The book — known formally as “The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics” and informally as “the bible of the medical ward” — has taught generations of physicians how to care for patients since it was first published in 1943.