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060	2		_a WB 100 _b P935m 1984
245	0	0	_aPrinciples of medicine in Africa / _cE. H. Parry. _b
250			_a 2nd ed.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c1984.
300			_a xii,1119 p.: _b ill. _c 25 cm.
504			_a Includes bibliographical references.
520	3		_a This medical textbook provides extensive information on medical prac tice in Africa for both practitioners and medical students. It stresse s basing medical practice on objective, scientifically determined princ iples. Because of the existence of undernutrition and infection, these areas are focused on, with a srong emphasis on basic mechanisms and on epidemiology. The following topics are discussed: climate and diseas e; people and disease; food, agriculture and disease; animals and disea se; the immune response to infection; transmission of infection; clinic al features of infection; traeatment of infection; the approach to trea tment; infections; the disturbed patient; the nervous system; disturban ces of water, electrolyte, and hydrogen-ion balance; the skin; the hear t and circulation; the blood; the lung; the gut; the liver; splenomegal y; the kidney; diseases of joints, connective tissue, bone, and muscle; endocrine and metabolic diseases; cancer; the pregnant patient; emerge ncies; and the essential laboratory.
650	2		_aMedicine _zAfrica. _v _x _y
650	2		_aDelivery of health care _zAfrica. _v _x _y
650	2		_aHealth Services _zAfrica. _v _x _y
700	1		_aParry, E. H. O.
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