Brian R. Ward

Describes the physical characteristics, natural habitat, behavior, diet, and world distribution of tunas.

Discusses the part glands and the urinary system play in keeping the body operating properly.

Describes how the parts of the ear work together with the brain to record sounds and maintain balance.

Describes the structure and functions of the brain and spinal cord and how neurons carry messages to and from the brain.

Examines the three senses of touch, taste, and smell, and the bodily processes contributing to them.

Describes the construction of the human eye and discusses problems with sight, infections, and injuries and how these may be corrected with eyeglasses or medicines.

Healthy mind and body -- Earliest medicine -- Shamans and the supernatural -- Ayurvedic medicine -- Chinese medicine -- Hippocrates and the Greeks -- Roman medicine -- Arab world -- Galen's legacy -- Renaissance discoveries -- Plague and pestilence -- Making diagnosis -- Rise of surgery -- Germ-free and pain-free -- Quacks and charlatans -- Public health -- Microbe hunters -- Immunization -- Germ killers -- Woman pioneers -- Rebuilding the body --...