These are the books I and my peers used as KMC Mangalore MBBS students-
For first year-
- Anatomy : Gray’s (Recommended); B.D. Chaurasia; Netter’s Atlas (must have).
- Physiology : Guyton (Recommended); A.K.Jain (not as good as Guyton); Manipal Manual of Physiology (only to pass, last resort).
- Biochemistry : Satyanarayan; Beena Shetty (only to pass, last resort).
- Embryology : Inderbir Singh
- Neuroanatomy : Snell (For Neuroanat).
For second year-
- Pathology: Robbin’s (This is the only book you need for this subject).
- Microbiology: Ananthanarayan(Fungus, Virus and Immunology is really good).
- Pharmacology : Tripathi (Massive, but required for entrance); Shanbag (only to pass).
- Forensic Medicine and Toxicology : Pillai (Really good book on this subject).
For third year-
- Community Medicine : Park
- Ophthalmology: Khurana (Last minute study)
- ENT : Dhingra
For fourth year:
- Medicine : Davidson (MUST HAVE, MUST READ); Harrison; Archit Sir (this book is really helpful). For Practical - Macleod’s. Some students use Harrison or Arup Kumar Kunda (this book helps with probable viva questions).
- Surgery : Bailey (The BIBLE of Surgery); SRB. Some students use Clinical Pearls of Surgery
- OBG : Dutta ( Always for Obstetrics); Sheila
- Gyn - Shaws( Recommended)
- Pediatrics : Ghai and class notes
- Orthopedics : Maheshwari.
These books are used by MBBS students at KMC.