Table of Contents

1.       Skin repair and minor plastic surgery

2.       Injection techniques

3.       Treatment of lumps and bumps

4.       Basic practical medical procedures

5.       Varicose veins

6.       Treatment of ano-rectal problems

7.       Foot problems

8.       Nail problems

9.       Common trauma

10.   Removal of foreign bodies

11.   Musculoskeletal medicine

12.   Orodental problems

13.   Ear, nose and throat

14.   The eyes

15.   Tips on treating children

16.   The Skin

17.   Emergency procedures

18.   Miscellaneous

About the Author

John Murtagh, AM, is Executive Director, Education at the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Adjunct Professor of General Practice at the Department of Community Medicine and General Practice , Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He is one of Australia's leading GPs and community educators. A Professor in General Practice in the School of Primary Health Care at Monash University in Melbourne, Professorial Fellow in the Department of General Practice at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.