Knowledge Base

Extent of Knowledge Base

Title Pages Facts per page Total Facts
Principals of Internal Medicine (Wintrobe) 2,035 100 200,000
Textbook of Internal Medicine (Beeson and McDermott) 1,892 100 190,000
Disease of the Kidney (Strauss) 1,456 40 60,000
The Heart (Hurst) 1,755 50 90,000
Clinical Hematology (Wintrobe) 1,788 40 70,000

Total estimate, allowing for basic science, practical real world experience and other fators: 2 million

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