Intolerant Bodies Anderson Warwick
Intolerant Bodies Anderson Warwick Autoimmune diseases, which affect 5 to 10 percent of the population, are as unpredictable in their course as they are paradoxical in their cause. Multiple…
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Intolerant Bodies Anderson Warwick
Autoimmune diseases, which affect 5 to 10 percent of the population, are as unpredictable in their course as they are paradoxical in their cause. Multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and type 1 diabetes--the diseases considered in this book--are but a handful of the conditions that can develop when the immune system goes awry.Intolerant Bodies is a unique collaboration between Ian Mackay, one of the prominent founders of clinical immunology, and Warwick Anderson, a leading historian of twentieth-century biomedical science. They produce persistent suffering as they follow a drawn-out, often lifelong, pattern of remission and recurrence.
The book unfolds as a biography of a relatively new The authors narrate the changing scientific understanding of the cause of autoimmunity and explore the significance of having a disease in which one's body turns on itself.
The Intolerant Middle Ages
Divided Bodies
Bauhaus Bodies