He is well-qualified as an author and researcher to write on this important subject. Most importantly, the book itself is a tribute to Dr. Schafer's qualifications. It is obvious that there was a vast amount of research done for this book to bring together conditions, workup protocols, and the various treatments for all of these diseases. This book is well-written and is intended as a reference book. It is completely indexed and even the Table of Contents makes it easy to look up any condition.
Every condition has a full-page of diagrams.
The diagnostic workups include necessary lab work. No stone was left unturned. It is a one-stop reference book for conditions as varied as earache, laryngitis, gout, and colitis. The value is much higher. In fact, this is one of those books that contains information so valuable that when you need it, you don't care how much it costs.