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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.

Disease/disorder articles contain some or all of the following sections:

• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
• Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
• Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism that produces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibility to the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
• Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used to diagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested and when; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
• Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care or management of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physical therapy, etc.
• Alternative treatments -- overview of alternative/complementary therapies that may be used to treat the condition
• Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
• Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring

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Avoiding hard-to-understand medical jargon, the four-volume Gale Encyclopedia of Childrens Health uses language that parents can understand, while still providing enough depth to benefit today's health science students. The set provides in-depth coverage of pediatric diseases and disorders, along with issues related to physical and cognitive/behavioral development.

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Terrors of the Night is a collection of more than 100 accounts of eerie events and weird experiences that have been recorded by Canadians over the last 400 years. These incredible accounts come from all parts of the country and concern witchcraft, peculiar weather conditions, wild beasts, hardly human creatures, omens, prophecies, powers beyond ours, miraculous cures, and bizarre behaviour generally. The narratives, often in the words of witnesses themselves, are taken from the columns of old newspapers, journals, and correspondence. It is an engrossing and unsettling experience to read these stories because the reader keeps asking the question, "Could such things happen?" ... Read more

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20th Century tales of terror that are subtle rather than gross
Editor Robert Phillips has selected 27 macabre stories by 20th century authors who are not primarily known for their contributions to supernatural literature, e.g. Dylan Thomas and Graham Greene.Most of his choices were unknown to me, but there are a few old warhorses.Elizabeth Bowen's "The Demon Lover" is a favorite of supernatural anthologists, as is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper." "Seaton's Aunt" by Walter de la Mare pops up everywhere, although I don't know why, since it depresses rather than frightens.

Don't be disappointed by the lack of clichéd horror props such as clanking skeletons, gory eyeballs, and screaming skulls.These stories do very nicely indeed, without the usual accoutrements of the supernatural.

A sampling of stories from "Triumph of the Night:"

"The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen--A young woman promises a soldier she will wait for him and off he goes into the trenches of WW I.Many years later during the London Blitz, and married to another man, the woman receives a note from her first lover.

"A Little Place off the Edgware Road" by Graham Greene--Craven dreamt that every grave in the world was connected to another under the ground.Then he sits next to a strange man in a silent movie house whom he believes to be a murderer. Nice macabre twist to this story's end.

"The Others" by Joyce Carol Oates--A man sees his cousin Sandy in a crowd, although Sandy drowned many years ago when they were in college together.Soon he begins to see other supposedly deceased people, and wonders why they all seem to be heading toward the same underground station.

"The Followers" by Dylan Thomas--Two young toughs follow a woman home and spy on her.This is a story where you don't even realize you're walking down a pier until you fall into some very deep water.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman--Be careful in your choice of wallpaper for a sick room, so that the pattern does not unduly excite your patient.This story has one of the most cheerful crazy ladies in all of fiction.

"The Prison Window" by Louis Auchincloss--Aileen is the curator at the Museum of Colonial America.In an effort to attract larger crowds, her director forces her to set up an exhibit featuring a Revolutionary War prison that was nothing more than a storeroom in a rich man's house.Something begins to destroy the museum's treasures.
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