| Description |
vii, 209 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes indexes. |
| Summary |
Uses specific, familiar examples such as ear infections and asthma attacks to explain what is happening inside a child's body as it heals. |
| Contents |
Inflammation: a visit to a sore finger -- Location, location, location: an ear infection's lesson -- Sometimes the body does silly things: what asthma looks like -- Not all body parts are useful: a look inside a sick appendix -- How we know the enemy: a close-up view of the immune system -- When the environment attacks: allergies and other encounters -- Fevers, aches, and itches: where do symptoms come from? -- How injuries heal: an inside expedition to bruises and broken bones -- What cancer can teach us about healing -- How can we help a child heal? -- When healing fails -- Healing and the tree of life. |
| Subject |
Children -- Health and hygiene -- Popular works.
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Healing -- Popular works.
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Pediatrics -- Popular works.
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| ISBN |
9781442202030 cloth alkaline paper |
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1442202033 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781442202054 electronic |
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144220205X electronic |
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