The uniqueness of Symptorr~: The Complete Home Medical Encyclopedia is that<br >it combines and interrelates a book of symptoms (Part 1) with an up-to-the-<br >minute medical reference book of disease (Part 2).<br > The average person knows little about disease， but he does have a keen and<br >intimate knowledge of symptoms. Outside of a few common disorders， he has no<br >idea what he is suffering from. In Symptoms: The Complete Home Medical<br >Encyclopedia， he will quickly know whether his symptoms are unimportant，<br >potentially serious， or serious. In other medical encyclopedias he is obliged to<br >look Up his ailment first and then try to find his symptoms--a difficult and flus-<br >trating search.<br > In this book he has some of the best medical minds in the country to help<br >him; ，he can identify his symptoms， resolve them into a specific ailment， under-<br >stand the nature of his disease， and decide the best form of procedure.<br > The saying that a little bit of knowledge can do more harm than good is<br >in itself a statement that does more harm than good. More light is surely better<br >than less light. Our present understanding of the human body is certainly small<br >compared to the ultimate total revelation of how the human body works， yet<br >even with that little bit of knowledge countless numbers of lives have been saved.<br >This book makes expert knowledge easily available to the reader.<br > We all know that a show of blood in the urine is a dangerous sign， which may<br >be indicative of cancer and/or nephritis. But access to this book and a quick<br >glance under the symptom heading Blood in the Urine will show that besides<br > several forms of cancer and nephritis， blood in the urine is also a common symp-<br > tom in such disorders as stones in the kidney or bladder， benign tumors in the<br > kidney or bladder， prostate disorders， and vitamin K deficiency--not minor ail-<br > ments true， but neither are they life-threatening. Such information is readily<br > available in this book.<br > Another major objective of this book is to enlighten the reader about his own<br > vast potential in fighting disease and maintaining ebullient good health. The<br > aid of the physician， empowered by a great armamentarium of knowledge and<br > constant new discoveries， is often lifesaving， but the patient s own efforts， armed<br > with an equally great armamentarium of will， a thrust for life， and other profound<br > inner resources， can often mean the difference between succumbing and survival.<br > Part 2 is a comprehensive ret<br >ments that afflict man. Most of t ，<br >(if known)， incidence， type of c~<br >ally in greater detail than found in<br >and outlook.<br > Part 3 contains chapters on Ea~<br >and A Briefing for Good Health<br >follows， as well as an Index of Syr<br > "Early Warning Signals" discl<br >fortunately warn the patient very<br >Knowing these signals beforehar<br >its consequences.<br > "Tables， Tests， and Guides" t<br >reader know the condition of his<br > "A Briefing for Good Health<br >live， an age that is under great<br >physical values. While most of<br >overfed with sugar， baby food<br >and additives. We are recklessly<br >to the point of degenerative phy<br >whelmed with every kind of poll<br > How to survive and live out a<br >willingness to pay the price.<br > In the twenty-one rules to ach<br >this dangerous planet， the empl<br >avoidance of poor health rather !<br > The Glossary contains words<br >Although usually explained whel<br > Special Note: This book is not<br >to "he" rather than "she." Dise<br >well as females. All physicians<br >no pronoun in the English langl<br >almost all cases where qae" is u<br >specifically female， "she" is used<br > The book has been compiled<br >cians and represents not only t]<br >research and medical knowledg~<br >will be updated<br >r<br >