Includes index.

Volume I: Your body --The first dozen years -- The teens -- The beginning of a family -- The middle years -- The later years -- Volume II: Diseases of the skeletal system -- Diseases of the muscle and nervous system -- Disease of the circulatory system -- Heart disease -- Diseases of the digestive system -- Diseases of the respiratory system -- Lung disease -- Disease of the endocrine glands -- Diabetes and other autoimmune diseases -- Diseases of the eye and ear -- Diseases of the urinogenital system -- Cancer -- Other diseases of major importance -- Surgery. Volume III: Skin and hair -- The teeth and gums -- Aches, pains, nuisances, worries--and other things you can live with but could get along very well without -- Allergies and hypersensitivities -- Women's health -- Physicians and diagnostic procedures -- Nutrition and weight control -- Mental and emotional disorders -- substance abuse -- The environment and health -- Health insurance -- Home care of the sick -- Health care delivery -- Voluntary health agencies -- Volume IV: Medical emergencies -- Commonly prescribed drugs -- Physical fitness.