Foreword |
1 |
1 Introduction |
4 |
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2 Evolution |
7 |
The origin of life / The fossil record / Mammals / Primates / Man |
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3 Race |
17 |
Racism / Racial classifications / Jews / Negroes / Brain size / Superiority / Purity /
A biological necessity? / The scientific conclusions |
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4 Population |
30 |
Past / Present / Future / Urbanisation / Immigration / Prediction |
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5 An Apologia for Reproduction |
39 |
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6 The Male |
44 |
Means of sperm transfer / The penis / Potency / Aphrodisiacs / Spermatozoa / Testicles
/ Ejaculation / Sperm prints / Nomenclature / Mating time / Sexual offences /
Homosexuality / Castration / Circumcision |
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7 The Female |
66 |
Anatomy / Oestrus / Ovulation / Menstruation / Sex determination / Virgin birth /
Menopause and the change / Circumcision |
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8 Fertility |
81 |
The infertile couple / Artificial Reproduction / The case of the 'strange males' /
Age, ardour, mood |
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9 Contraception |
89 |
Historical ideas / The birth controllers / Religious opinion / The modern situation /
The pill / I.U.D.'s / Sterilisation |
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10 Marriage |
103 |
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11 Pregnancy |
108 |
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The signs / The tests / Embryology / Fertilisation / Ectopic pregnancies /
Implantation / Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm / The calendar of a pregnancy / The puzzles of
pregnancy / Its normality / Pica / The placenta / The umbilical cord / Evolutionary
parallels / The foetus and the law / Abortion |
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12 The Time Before Birth |
142 |
Gestation length / Legal pregnancies / Animal pregnancies / Labour / First, second and
third stages / Presentation / Uterine crying |
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13 Birth |
152 |
The history of midwifery / The Chamberlen family and forceps / Caesarians /
Anaesthesia / Home or hospital / How long a stay / Maternal death / Semmelweiss and
puerperal fever / Infant mortality / Infanticide / The sex ratio / The baby 's weight /
Prematurity / The puerperineum / Paternal labour / Ergot / Who has babies |
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14 Lactation |
187 |
Human milk / Breast-feeding / The price of milk / Polythelia / Keeping abreast /
Weaning / Twins and Abnormalities Occurrence of twins / Their value / Multiple births /
Twin diagnosis / Conjoined twins / Proof of separation / Why twins at all / Congenital
malformations / Their registration / The principal afflictions / German measles /
Contergan and Distaval / The cause of malformations / 'Maternal impressions' |
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16 Inheritance |
196 |
Its background / Chromosomes / Coding / Mutations / Intersexes / Inherent traits /
Haemophilia / Tasters / The Hapsburg lip / Albinism / Height / Colour / Baldness / Colour
blindness |
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17 Inbreeding |
222 |
The churches' attitudes / Cousin marriages / Forbidden matings / Effects of inbreeding
/ Incest / Genetic recessives |
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18 Blood Groups |
251 |
Karl Landsteiner / Transfusions / Blood group distribution / Group advantages / How
many groups / Rhesus / Paternity and the courts |
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19 The Growth of Babies |
261 |
The rate of growth / Survival / Cot-deaths / Battered babies / Developmental progress
/ First reflexes / Changes in lungs, brain, sleep, skeleton, muscle, fat, heart, kidneys /
Spock / Swaddling / Child law |
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20 Puberty |
272 |
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21 Size |
294 |
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22 Physical Ability |
298 |
Fitness / Athletics / Somatotyping / Man versus woman / The future |
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23 Old Age |
309 |
What is senescence / How long is life / Record old age / Animal comparisons / Changes
in the old / Their causes |
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24 Death |
320 |
When is death / The signs of death / Its causes / Its secrecy |
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25 Suicide |
328 |
Society's attitudes / Suicide history / Who kill themselves / Rates elsewhere /
Students / Children / Methods / Suicide and murder |
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26 The Brain |
336 |
Animal and human / Anatomy / The cerebrum, and its lobes / Left-sided dominance /
Sinistrals / Intelligence / The EEG / Surgery / Palsy / Concussion / Memory / Nerves,
cranial and spinal / Transmission |
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27 Sleep |
351 |
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28 Speech |
358 |
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29 Temperature |
365 |
Normal / Why warm bodies / Chilling / Heat / Hibernation / Hypothermia |
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30 The Senses |
376 |
Background to vision / The eye / Folds, lashes, brows and tears / Reading / Colour
blindness / Focussing errors / Blindness / Hearing and balance / Deafness / Smelling and
smells / Tasting and tastes / Touch, pain and itch / The sixth sense |
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31 The Skin |
402 |
Dermis and epidermis / Skin patterns and prints / Sunbathing / Tattooing / Beauty /
Hair / Lanugo and vellus / Bristles and soap / Teeth, deciduous and permanent / Decay /
Cleaning and fluoride |
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32 Digestion and Nutrition |
416 |
Summary / Enzymes / Food / Actual requirements / Protein / Fats / Carbohydrates /
Minerals / Vitamins / Water / How much food / Obesity / Starvation / Cooking / Food
poisoning |
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33 The Alimentary Canal |
456 |
Beaumont's window / The stomach / Acidity / Ulcers / Vomit / Intestines / Appendix /
Liver / Pancreas / Spleen |
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34 Excretion |
472 |
Its evolution / The kidneys / Urine / The bladder |
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35 Respiration and Blood |
480 |
Smaller solutions / The need for a system / The lungs / Breathing / Its control /
Altitude / Drown in g / Pollution / Choking, coughing, sneezing / Laughing, yawning,
hiccups / Oxygen, excess and lack / The heart / Harvey and Galen / One pump into two /
Heartbeat / Blood pressure / Its changes / Blood distribution / The pull of gravity /
Blood; red, white and platelets / Plasma / Blood-letting / Blood-giving |
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36 Skeleton and Muscle |
502 |
The bone total / Development / Growth / Sex differences / Dual function of bone /
Framework and minerals / The hand / The muscle total / All or none / The working of muscle
/ A.T.P. and A.D.P. / Cramp, stiffness and stitch |
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37 Radiation |
513 |
Ionising radiation / Its effects / Death and injury / Safe levels / Fallout / Sensing
radiation / A glossary |
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38 Postscript |
526 |
Index |
529 |