Clinical Diagnosis for Medical Undergraduates fills a long felt need of the students in Indian Universities. While there is a plethora of textbooks on the subject, it has not been dealt with from the point of view of a clinician who would actually handle the cases. The methodological approach starting with history and leading upto diagnosis is the main characteristic of this book.

Dr. V. S. Palekar, an astute physician, who made his mark as a good clinician in Bombay. Due to his untimely death, the burden of revising and completing the book fell on his wife Dr. (Mrs.) who is a practicing paediatrician herself. She has also successfully passed the second M.D. in General Medicine after years of practice as a paediatrician.