I thought she was reciting from the Merck Manual.
Many gynecologists don't believe that mycoplasmas cause disease, even though it's in the Merck Manual.
It was conceived in 1917, and first appeared in the Merck Manual in 1972.
I quickly consult the Merck Manual but find no reference to suicide and multiple injuries.
The Merck Manual of Geriatrics was introduced in 1990, focusing on health care for older patients.
The Merck Manual of Health & Aging is a consumer edition.
The Merck Manual has added head trauma as a risk factor due to the research on 300 Meniere's patients over the past fourteen years.
The 15th edition of the Merck Manual (1987), for example, states explicitly that cocaine use is not addictive.
The Merck Manual states recent studies suggest that a genetic defect is associated with this particular cirrhosis.
But there's an entry for that, too, in The Merck Manual.