"Medical Insects and Arachnids" is a book which introduces the structure, classification, biology and medical importance of arthropods. The scientific background to the various methods and concepts used in the subject is included. It is a major textbook with chapters of a standardized format written by leading experts on the subject. It is richly illustrated and includes many identification keys. The reader is provided with sufficient knowledge to pursue the topic further through selected references. This book should be useful to technicians and medical officers, field medical entomologists, teachers and students and should be on the shelf of every biomedical library. This book should be of interest to research and field medical and general entomologists, medical and public health officers, and parasitologists.