This reference textbook from Paras Medical Publisher is an English medium (अंग्रेज़ी माध्यम) title by Dr. V.V. Pillay, covering medical toxicology (विष विज्ञान) — the study of poisons, their effects on the body, and the clinical and medicolegal handling of poisoning cases. The publisher positions it on the cover as the definitive reference source on medical toxicology for Asian countries, and this third edition is described as extensively revised, refined, updated, illustrated and expanded. Reviewers of the work have noted that the author provides details and illustrations adequate for understanding the subject without the reader having to gather information from other sources — which is the purpose a reference of this size serves. The book covers the field systematically: general principles of toxicology and the approach to a poisoned patient, laboratory diagnosis, organ-system effects, the major classes of poisons and toxic agents, envenomation, and the medicolegal aspects that a forensic medicine department deals with. It is written with the Indian and Asian poisoning profile in view rather than a Western one, which is the practical reason it is preferred in Indian departments over imported references. Dr. V.V. Pillay is also the author of the widely used Modern Medical Toxicology and Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, and is among the most cited Indian authorities in the field. The third edition was published in 2022, runs to 1,299 pages and is hardbound. It is a reference work rather than an undergraduate textbook — MBBS students ordinarily use the author's shorter forensic medicine and toxicology text, while this volume serves postgraduates, practising clinicians and departmental libraries. The whole book is written in English in the Roman script. Key Features: English medium book — complete content written in English (Roman script) Written by Dr. V.V. Pillay, published by Paras Medical Publisher Third edition, 2022 — 1,299 pages, hardbound Positioned as the definitive medical toxicology reference for Asian countries Extensively revised, refined, updated, illustrated and expanded in this edition General principles of toxicology and the approach to the poisoned patient Laboratory diagnosis and analytical toxicology Major classes of poisons and toxic agents covered systematically Clinical features, management and medicolegal aspects for each Written with the Indian and Asian poisoning profile in view Extensively illustrated throughout A self-contained reference — reduces the need to consult other sources By the author of Modern Medical Toxicology and Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology A reference volume rather than an undergraduate syllabus textbook Suitable for MD Forensic Medicine, emergency physicians and departmental libraries पारस मेडिकल पब्लिशर द्वारा प्रकाशित 'Comprehensive Medical Toxicology' का यह तृतीय संस्करण डॉ. वी.वी. पिल्लई द्वारा लिखा गया है। यह पुस्तक चिकित्सा विष विज्ञान (medical toxicology) का व्यापक संदर्भ ग्रंथ है और प्रकाशक इसे एशियाई देशों के लिए इस विषय का निर्णायक संदर्भ स्रोत बताते हैं। यह संस्करण पूर्णतः संशोधित, परिष्कृत, अद्यतन, सचित्र एवं विस्तारित है। इसमें विष विज्ञान के सामान्य सिद्धांत, विषाक्त रोगी के प्रति नैदानिक दृष्टिकोण, प्रयोगशाला निदान, अंग-तंत्र पर प्रभाव, विषों एवं विषाक्त पदार्थों के प्रमुख वर्ग, सर्पदंश एवं विषदंश तथा चिकित्सा-विधिक (medicolegal) पहलुओं का क्रमबद्ध विवेचन है। पुस्तक भारतीय एवं एशियाई परिप्रेक्ष्य को ध्यान में रखकर लिखी गई है, यही कारण है कि भारतीय विभागों में इसे विदेशी संदर्भ ग्रंथों की तुलना में अधिक उपयुक्त माना जाता है। यह स्नातक स्तर की पाठ्यपुस्तक नहीं, बल्कि स्नातकोत्तर विद्यार्थियों, चिकित्सकों एवं विभागीय पुस्तकालयों के लिए संदर्भ ग्रंथ है। कुल 1,299 पृष्ठ, हार्डबाउंड। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः अंग्रेज़ी भाषा एवं रोमन लिपि में है, हिन्दी में नहीं।