Helps students understand how deadly diseases are spread, explains how drugs and vaccines have stopped the spread of diseases such as smallpox, and discusses how medical researchers are working to stop the spread of new diseases.
Explores the body's immune system and the diseases that effect it, such as AIDS, lupus, and tuberculosis, focusing on possible solutions such as gene therapy and organ transplantation.
Discusses how the body defends itself against disease through the immune system, how immunities are built, and the healing power of the mind, especially the immune system and cancer.
Inspector Bodyguard's responses to a splinter in the foot, attack by cold germs, and overeating introduce the human body's defense system and other natural mechanisms by which it functions.