Volume 4 of Family Medical Care (five volumes) is an integral part of the series. Its various sections offer a striking introduction to anatomy, while various chapters unravel the mysteries of the body's systems, how they work, what goes wrong and how they are managed. Includes information on:

Nerves: Our complex neurological systems, fainting, coma, dizziness and motion sickness, cerebrovascular accidents (stokes), Alzheimer's disease, headaches: medication and natural remedies, epilepsy and related disorders, Parkinson's disease, meningococcol infection and encephalitis, multiple sclerosis (MS), speech defects, mountain sickness and jet lag, mental and emotional disturbances.

Blood: its composition: cells and fluid, clotting and bruising disorders and their treatment, causes and management of anemia, the success story of leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, glandular fever, white blood-cell disorders.

Endocrine Glands: have a profound effect on other body systems, the pituitary, thyroid gland and goitres, sugar diabetes, male and female glands.

Stictly Feminine: PMS and natural remedies, feminine irritations, cervical and breast cancer, the "change of life"and hormones, living and loving in a relationship.