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A Handbook of Health

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A Handbook of Health

Woods Hutchinson

414 pages~8 hr 15 min read133 chapters$4.99
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Your body is an automobile, argues Woods Hutchinson, and most of us drive it badly. His health handbook opens with running the human machine, then asks why we have a stomach and what keeps us alive, with color plates along the way. Cheerful, vivid physiology written for ordinary readers and students. Take the wheel with a little more skill.

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133 chapters

  1. 1THE WOODS HUTCHINSON HEALTH SERIES
  2. 2A HANDBOOK OF HEALTH
  3. 3WOODS HUTCHINSON, A. M., M. D.
  4. 4HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
  5. 5PREFACE
  6. 6CONTENTS
  7. 7ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. 8PLATES IN COLOR
  9. 9A HANDBOOK OF HEALTH CHAPTER I
  10. 10RUNNING THE HUMAN AUTOMOBILE
  11. 11CHAPTER II
  12. 12WHY WE HAVE A STOMACH
  13. 13WHAT KEEPS US ALIVE
  14. 14THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
  15. 15THE JOURNEY DOWN THE FOOD TUBE
  16. 16CHAPTER III
  17. 17THE FOOD-FUEL OF THE BODY-ENGINE
  18. 18WHAT KIND OF FOOD SHOULD WE EAT?

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