An edition of Disease and medicine
(1985)
Disease and medicine
by Irene Fekete and Peter Dorrington Ward
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Disease and Medicine (World of Science)
June 1985, Facts on File, Facts on File Publications
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0816010609 9780816010608
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Talking about health
What is medicine?
Learning about health: Medicine in the past; Egypt, Greece and Rome
Changing circumstances and changing ideas
Pieces in a jigsaw
Blood and germs
New science
Germ theory of disease
Warfare in the body
How immunity works
Fighting against disease: Warfare against germs
Cleanliness and antiseptics
Magic bullets and wonder drugs
Weapons against pain
Controlling three killers
Viruses, mysterious enemies
Parasites
Starting out with problems
Sneezes, rashes and upset tummies
Mind and body
To much or too little
Most important muscle
Cancer
Medicine today: Doctors, their training and work
Nurses
Hospitals
Research and therapy
Surgery
Transplants
Dentistry
Medicine's enemies today
Medicine in the future
Glossary
Index.
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