Walter and Israel General Pathology (Paperback)

Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The normal cell
3. The genetic basis of disease
4. Cell response to injury
5. Connective tissue: its normal structure and the effects of disease
6. The acute inflammatory reaction
7. The body’s defences against infection
8. The pathogenesis of infection and the body’s response
9. Wound healing
10. healing in specialised tissues
11. Chronic inflammation
12. The immune system
13. Immunopathogenesis
14. Immunity to infection
15. Tissue transplantation
16. The HLA system-the major histocompatibility
17. Some pyogenic and other bacterial infections
18. Wound infections: the clostridia
19. Hospital infection
20. Tuberculosis, leprosy, syphilis and actinomycosis
21. Some interesting fungal, protozoal and other inflammatory conditions
22. Some smaller pathogenic organisms: rickettsiae, Chlamydia, mycoplasmas and viruses
23. Viral infections of humans
24. Disorders of growth
25. Tumours: introduction and classification
26. Structure and effects of some common neoplasms
27. Developmental tumours and tumour-like conditions
28. Spread of malignant tumours
29. The aetiology and incidence of tumours
30. The lymphoreticular system: the lymphomas
31. The effect of ionising radiation
32. The general reaction to trauma: haemorrhage and shock
33. Some disorders of metabolism
34. Disorders of nutrition
35. Disturbances of endocrine function
36. Calcium metabolism and heterotopic calcification
37. Temperature regulation: fever and hypothermia
38. Disturbances in the body’s fluid and electrolyte balance
39. General features of thrombosis and its occurrence in the venous system
40. Thrombosis in arteries and in the heart
41. Embolism
42. Ischaemia and infarction
43. Oedema
44. Heart failure
45. Respiratory failure
46. Renal failure
47. Hepatic failure and jaundice
48. Amyloidosis
49. The plasma proteins
50. Pigments of the body and their
51. Calculi
52. Some disorders of the blood: the red cells
53. Disorders of the blood: the white cells
54. Some platelet and coagulation defects
55. Blood grouping and blood transfusion