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Index body chemicals involved, 114–16, 125 causes, 114, 125 contact dermatitis, 116, 125 delayed hypersensitivity, 115 immediate hypersensitivity, 114–15, 124 symptoms of, 115 treatment of, 115 anaphylactic shock, 114–15 causes, 115 symptoms, 115 treatments, 115 bed sores, 124 causes, 124 birthmarks, 123–24 causes, 123 port wine stains, 123 treatments, 124 burns, 114, 122–23, 125 causes, 122–23 classifications, 122–23, 125 complications, 122–23 treatments, 122 Cancer of, 99–100, 114, 120–1, see also Cancer basal cell carcinoma, 121, 125 causes, 120, 125 melanoma, 121, 125 prevention, 120–21 risk factors, 120, 125 squamous cell carcinoma, 121, 125 treatment of, 121 Cyanosis, 100–1 infections, 7, 114, 116–17 athlete’s foot, 116 bacterial, 114, 116, 125
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boil, 116, 124 causes, 116–17 cold sores, 117, 124 fungal, 114, 116–17, 124 impetigo, 116, 124 ringworm, 116–17, 124 symptoms, 116 treatments of, 116 viral, 114, 116–17, 124 warts, 117, 124 jaundice, 101–2 rosacea, 124 causes, 124 exacerbated by, 124 symptoms of, 124 treatment of, 124 Scars, 97 Sodium as necessary element, 18, 22 Spontaneous generation theory, 13 Stem cells, 74–75 Systems (of the body), 22–23 Tissues, 6, 22–23, 31 functions of, 76–91 structure of, 76 study of, 20 types of, 20, 22, 76–91 Tumor metastasis of, 29 Virchow, Rudolf and cell growth and reproduction, 13 Water, 27, 37–38 inorganic molecules, 19, 22 as a solvent, 19