| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
x, 703 pages (large print), 16 unnumbered pages of platees : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-651) and index. |
| Contents |
How to build a human -- The outside: skin and hair -- Microbial you -- The brain -- The head -- Down the hatch: the mouth and throat -- The heart and blood -- The chemistry department -- In the dissecting room: the skeleton -- On the move: bipedalism and exercise -- Equilibrium -- The immune system -- Deep breath: the lungs and breathing -- Food, glorious food -- The guts -- Sleep -- Into the nether regions -- In the beginning: conception and birth -- Nerves and pain -- When things go wrong: diseases -- When things go very wrong: cancer -- Medicine good and bad -- The end. |
| Summary |
Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately) the ways it can fail. |
| Subject |
Human physiology.
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Human anatomy.
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Large type books.
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Human anatomy. (OCoLC)fst00962785
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Human physiology. (OCoLC)fst00963183
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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| ISBN |
9780593106297 (paperback ; large print) |
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0593106296 (paperback ; large print) |
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