Contents 1
Lesson Twenty-One First Aid 1
Lesson Twenty-Two Chemistry of Living Matter 14
Lesson Twenty-Three The Skin—the Largest Single Organ in the Body 28
Lesson Twenty-Four Body Water 42
Lesson Twenty-Five China's Traditional Medical Science 56
Lesscn Twenty-Six The Liver and Its Diseases 72
Lesson Twenty-Seven Body's Defenses Against Disease 87
Lesson Twenty-Eight Water Pollution 102
Lesson Twenty-Nine Does Everyone Need an Annual Physical? 117
Lesson Thirty Family Planning 132
Lesson Thirty-One Body Temperature 148
Lesson Thirty-Two Blood Pressure 162
Lesson Thirty-Three The Pulse 176
Lesson Thirty-Four Acute Appendicitis 190
Lesson Thirty-Five Walking—The Perfect Exercise 204
Lesson Thirty-Six Tumours—Benign and Malignant 217
Lesson Thirty-Seven Laser Surgery 233
Lesson Thirty-Eight Rifampicin 248
Lesson Thirty-Nine A Brief Account of Human-Organ Transplantation 262
Lesson Forty Ginseng—As a Western Scientist Sees It 278