Essential Physics, Chemistry and Biology

of these subjects and should be kept constantly at hand so that it can readily be consulted when difficult topics arise. I hope that it may succeed in reducing the fear with which many nurses face the sciences with which the book deals. Section 1 BIOLOGY 2 The cell and its requirements The world of living things is conveniently and conventionally divided into two great groups, the animals and the plants. Broadly speaking the important feature which distinguishes plants is that they can manu...