The tenth edition is an important milestone in the life of a textbook. This occasion is a propitious time to look back on the origins of Basic Pathology， which are summed up best by quoting Stanley Robbins from the preface of the first edition （1971）：
"Of books as well as men， it may be observed that fat ones contain thin ones struggling to get out. In a sense， this book bears such a relationship to its more substantial progenitor， Robbins Pathology. It arose from an appreciation of the modem medical student's dilemma. As the curriculum has become restructured to place greater emphasis on clinical experience， time for reading is correspondingly curtailed...In writing this book， rare and esoteric lesions are omitted without apology， and infrequent or trivial ones described only briefly. We felt it important， however， to consider rather fully the major disease entities."
While the goals of "baby Robbins" remain true to the vision of Stanley Robbins， this edition has been revised on the basis of a few additional principles.

Introduction to Modern Pathology
CHAPTER 1 Cell Injury， Cell Death， and Adaptations
CHAPTER 2 Tissue Repair
CHAPTER 3 Hemodynamic Disorders
CHAPTER 4 Inflammation
CHAPTER 5 Diseases of the Immune System
CHAPTER 6 Neoplasia
CHAPTER 7 Genetic and Pediatric Diseases
CHAPTER 8 Environmental and Nutritional Diseases
CHAPTER 9 Cardiovascular System
CHAPTER 10 Lung
CHAPTER 11 Oral Cavities and Gastrointestinal Tract
CHAPTER 12 Liver and Gallbladder， Biliary Tract， and Pancreas
CHAPTER 13 Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Systems
CHAPTER 14 Kidney and Its Collecting System
CHAPTER 15 Male Genital System
CHAPTER 16 Female Genital System and Breast
CHAPTER 17 Endocrine System
CHAPTER 18 Bones， Joints， and Soft Tissue Tumors
CHAPTER 19 Peripheral Nerves and Muscles
CHAPTER 20 Central Nervous System
CHAPTER 21 Infectious Diseases
CHAPTER 22 Parasitosis