Health: Germs and the space visitors

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1972

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Identifies some of the ways germs may attack the human body. Emphasizes how the body protects itself from disease-causing germs and sickness. Stresses the importance of good health habits as the best means of resisting disease., Uses a fantasy in which space visitors seek health information about humans to present the body's disease prevention mechanisms and methods for maintaining good health. Shows by animation and photomicroscopy different kinds of "germs" and how white blood cells, antibodies, mouth lining, and skin function to automatically prevent disease. Demonstrates preventive practices such as thorough washing, good diet, and proper treatment of cuts to help the body fight disease.

Complete Record: Identifies some of the ways germs may attack the human body. Emphasizes how the body protects itself from disease-causing germs and sickness. Stresses the importance of good health habits as the best means of resisting disease., Uses a fantasy in which space visitors seek health information about humans to present the body's disease prevention mechanisms and methods for maintaining good health. Shows by animation and photomicroscopy different kinds of "germs" and how white blood cells, antibodies, mouth lining, and skin function to automatically prevent disease. Demonstrates preventive practices such as thorough washing, good diet, and proper treatment of cuts to help the body fight disease.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.