ABC's of the human body : a family answer book.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guinness, Alma E.

Skibinski, Ray.

Reader's Digest Association.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body.

Human physiology.

Physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Physiology.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Reader's Digest ABC's of the human body

Place of Publication:

Pleasantville, New York ; Montreal : Reader's Digest Association, Inc., [1987]

Summary:

In a question-and-answer format, material is presented on all the systems and disorders of the human body. Annotation. A popular book on human anatomy and physiology. No bibliography

Contents:

The human body

The brain and nervous system

The endocrine system

The heart & circulatory system

The respiratory system

The skin

The bones and muscles

The eye

The ear, nose & throat

The digestive system

The urinary & reproductive systems

Pregnancy, birth, & growth.

Notes:

At head of title: Reader's Digest.

Editor: Alma E. Guinness.

Includes index.

Front cover art: Ray Skibinski.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjackets retained.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1 has pamplet "The Story Behind ABC's of the Human Body" laid in.

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 2 has: [4] p. leaflet "Story behind ABC's of the human body," a [4] p. issue of vol. 9, issue 3 of Chiropractic Natural Health, [2] form letters from Reader's Digest and [8] p. advertising leaflet from the University of Hawai'i Press laid in.

Other Format:

Online version: ABC's of the human body.

ISBN:

0895772205

9780895772206

OCLC:

12312103