The Western Institute of Natural Healing
Textbooks
Primary Textbooks
The Western Institute uses three textbooks throughout the entire 12 seminars:
- PRINCIPLES of ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY, 12th edition (Tortora and Derrickson)
- Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach, 5th edition (Gylys and Wedding)
- The Anatomy Coloring Book, 3rd edition (Kapit and Elson)
- Atlas of the Skeletal Muacles, (latest edition)
- A good medical dictionary (such as Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary)
- The latest edition of The Merck Manual
PRINCIPLES of ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY, 12th edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-08471-7
This book is available from the Publisher, Wiley, as well as online at Amazon. Retail price for this book at the publisher's website is around $200. You should be able to find it for less at Amazon.
Here is the Wiley link: Wiley.com/college/tortora
When you click to this page, there is also a spot on the left where you can choose to sign up for more online tools from the publisher.
Another option is to purchase the book from Amazon. Currently, the price for a new copy of the text is about $128, with used copies going for less than $90.
Here is the Amazon link: Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (Tortora,Principles of Anatomy and Physiology)
Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach