"The Atlas of Normal Human Skin", presents over 400 illustrations of human skin, including more than 300 in color. Featuring samples from the bodies of men, women, children and foetuses, the book pays particular attention to both the known and newly discovered differences that occur among the human races and to the changes in skin brought on by aging. The detailed illustrations examine the glories of skin with light and electron microscopic techniques and also with the use of state-of-the-art techniques like immunohistochemistry. The anatomical inventory includes a comprehensive examination of the epidermis, dermis, glands, nerves, blood vessels and hair. Each illustration is accompanied by its own text describing the origin of the skin sample and its method of preparation. While the heart of the text is structural, each section is accompanied by a brief physiologic summary of the functional roles of the diverse tissues which make up the integumentary system.