Most textbooks of clinical medicine were written by authors in Western countries. Asia has sixty percent of the world's population and the disease pattern in this region is, in many aspects, quite different from that of the West. Textbook of Clinical Medicine for Southeast Asia is a general text written by a group of local experts in Hong Kong. While it is based on Western medicine, this book places particular emphasis on diseases prevalent in Southeast Asia, e.g., IgA nephropathy, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, thyrotoxic period paralysis and many other infections. The use of herbal drugs and their possible toxic effects are also included. Designed primarily for use by medical students and trainees in internal medicine, it should also be an interesting reference for physicians who practice in Southeast Asia as well as Western physicians who occasionally see Asian patients.