Books to buy for Med at Cam

Hi Guys,
Any of you guys already at Cam got any recommendations for how to spend my hard earned cash on books for my first year? Having studied the reading lists it seems that there are about 40 core texts for the first year, surely we don't have to buy all of them at about £1000 in total? Which ones should I buy first and why?

Any suggestions would be appreciated...Thanks

MedSoc: Medical Sociology - course book you have to read, but nothing more

Don't buy bloody Scambler! Rip off and waste of time!

I'd recommend VVP (Voet, Voet and Pratt) Essentials of Biochemistry or Alberts et al Molecular Biology of the Cell (I think that's what it's called) for Biochem, but your college will have ooooooooodles of both of these because they are a staple for both natscis and medics.

yeh, wait til u get here.
if there's one book u can get, its the anatomy colouring book (2nd hand = bad).

the core books you prob need are:
Physiology: Guyton & Hall
Anatomy: The colouring book + Instant Anatomy+ an atlas + a decent theory book.
Biochem: Instant notes is great, esp for revision. May actually be able to get away with just using that book, if your main aim is to pass. They all say you need the course book (can't remember name) its ok, but i didn't think worth it.
MedSoc: Medical Sociology - course book you have to read, but nothing more

Hmmm. Soz mate, but i think alot of this is bumph.

Books you need to buy. (essential to buy)
Physiology - Guyton & Hall (this is essential)
Anatomy - don't bother with a stupid atlas, they are pointless. Buy Moore and dalley or something like that. No need to till you get there - check them out in the colelge library and decide which suits you best
Biochem - Voet Voet Pratt. Perfect. Scambler is OTT in my opinion.
MedSoc book - don't buy it, borrow it from library. You'll only need it for one term, then will never need it again. ever.

But frankly you needn't think about this whatsoever for another....6/7 months!

(PS keep eyes open tho in charity shops. My gran found a copy of voet and voet (not + pratt) which sorted me for biochem for 50p.

I heard that they use another physiol book for this year's first years' - Berne and Levy IIRC.

bumph? ok...
we seem to agree with physiology and biochem (tho I used instant notes much more than VVP). Medsoc - if you've got a decent library, fine. (and at exam time everyone needs a copy). If you don't, well then...
Anatomy - atlas is pretty necessary IMO. Instant Anatomy is good and so is the colouring book.