Complete home medical guide / the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ; Medical editors, Donald F. Tapley, Robert J. Weiss, Thomas Q. Morris ; Genell J. Subak-Sharpe, Editorial Director ; Diane M. Goetz, Associate Editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tapley, Donald F.

Weiss, Robert J.

Morris, Thomas Q.

Columbia University. College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Popular.

Medicine.

Medical Subjects:

Medicine.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 911 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Other Title:

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, Inc., [©1985]

Contents:

Part One: The nature of health and medicine

Part Two: What to do until the doctor comes

Part Three: Your body and how it works

Part Four: Maintaining personal health

Part Five: Disease, treatment, and prevention

Part Six: Drugs and their use

Part Seven: Directory of resources

Part Eight: Medical terms and their meanings

Appendixes: Directory of poison control centers; keeping your medical records.

Notes:

"'The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide' is a unique reference book that teaches you about your body in both sickness and in health. Each organ system and its function is described in depth and there are anatomically correct medical illustrations for each."--Foreword.

Includes index.

Price from dustjacket: $39.95.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Complete home medical guide.

ISBN:

0517558424

9780517558423

OCLC:

11782963