Mechanisms of defense. Accident
Description
The body is like a self-supporting hospital, able to deal on its own with wounds, bacterial invasions, fractures, and obstructions to its various passages. This program follows the sequence of events over seconds and weeks when skin or bone is damaged and shows the defensive reactions of blood clotting, fever, and mending of bone fracture.
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28 min
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Date of Publication
[2006], c1984
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Films on Demand
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