RT Book, Section A1 Hamm, Rose L. SR Print(0) ID 1205521819 T1 Preface T2 Text and Atlas of Wound Diagnosis and Treatment, Third Edition YR 2024 FD 2024 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781264923106 LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1205521819 RD 2024/11/02 AB Since the second edition of the Text and Atlas of Wound Diagnosis and Treatment was published, I have read two books that had a profound effect on how I view the science of wound healing. The Beautiful Cure: The Revolution in Immunology and What It Means for Your Health by Daniel Davis and The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins—both are captivating reads about the miraculous human body and how it functions. Reading these books increased the awe, both medical and spiritual, I have always felt as I witnessed wound healing in my patients. The understanding of the cellular and acellular components of tissue and how they communicate for both normal and pathological physiology has exploded over the past few years (and I do mean relatively few!). That deeper knowledge has helped the profession (1) to understand how some of the clinical interventions that have been used for decades actually facilitated healing that has been observed clinically (ie, electrical stimulation and ultrasound); and (2) to discover and develop new interventions and diagnostic technologies that are now considered standard care within the wound care community (ie, fluorescence imaging and cellular/acellular matrix products).