The new international standard medical & health encyclopedia / 6
Medical & health encyclopedia;Medical and health encyclopedia 6
edited by Richard J. Wagman
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Includes index.
Volume I: Your body --The first dozen years -- The teens -- The beginning of a family -- The middle years -- The later years -- Volume II: Diseases of the skeletal system -- Diseases of the muscle and nervous system -- Disease of the circulatory system -- Heart disease -- Diseases of the digestive system -- Diseases of the respiratory system -- Lung disease -- Disease of the endocrine glands -- Diabetes and other autoimmune diseases -- Diseases of the eye and ear -- Diseases of the urinogenital system -- Cancer -- Other diseases of major importance -- Surgery. Volume III: Skin and hair -- The teeth and gums -- Aches, pains, nuisances, worries--and other things you can live with but could get along very well without -- Allergies and hypersensitivities -- Women's health -- Physicians and dianostic procedures -- Nutrition and weight control -- Mental and emotional disorders -- substance abuse -- The environment and health -- Health insurance -- Home care of the sick -- Health care delivery -- Voluntary health agenies -- Volume IV: Medical emergencies -- Commonly prescribed drugs -- Physical fitness.