The Complete Medical Guide (4h Edition - Revised & Updated)

Benjamin F. Miller, M.D. With Lawrence Galton

ISBN 10: 0671241079 / ISBN 13: 9780671241070

Published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 1978

About this Item

639 pp. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require extra postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. A large and heavy volume. Well bound copy with moderate external wear. Clean text. Slightly loose spine. Random scriblles on front cover board. Unfortunately, dj missing. A perfectly acceptable study/reading/work/research copy. Glued brown envelope inside back cover board. Synopsis: The most authoritative findings of medical science on the care of all parts of the body, including the skin and hair. Health in childhood, youth, maturity and old age; preparation for marriage, marriage and sex, pregnancy; health on the job and on vacation; nutrition, reducing diets, home health checkups; psychiatry; danger signals of heart trouble, cancer, hypertension and scores of other diseases, major and minor; and many other subjects not usually included in home medical guides, all are presented in a simple, informative and friendly style. The book includes a profusion of illustrations that were specially prepared under the direct guidance of Dr. Miller, as well as a comprehensive Dictionary and Glossary of Medical Terms and a complete Index. It also contains a separate, removable 'Family Medical Record Book', in which a lifetime medical history may be entered and kept up-to-date for each member of the family. This record is unused. The volume contains countless illustrations and drawings, charts, tables, full-color human body representations, as well as the Dictionary, Glossary and Index. Dr. Benjamin F. Miller was trained at MIT, Harvard Medical School, the Cornell Medical Center and the Rockefeller Institute. He was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. An easy to read and comprehensive medical guide in good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Medical Guide (4h Edition - Revised & Updated)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671241079
• ISBN 13: 9780671241070
• Binding: Hardbound Clothbinding
• Illustrator: R. Paul Larkin (Illustrated by)
• Edition: 4th Edition, Revised & Updated/1st Print
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Missing
• Seller catalogs:
  • Reference Books
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Medical Studies & Sciences

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Synopsis

Reflecting the latest in medical thought and practice, this comprehensive and acclaimed medical reference covers physical and emotional health from conception to old age and includes a glossary of medical terms