| Description |
xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Mystery of Disease -- 2. Evolution by Natural Selection -- 3. Signs and Symptoms of Infectious Disease -- 4. An Arms Race Without End -- 5. Injury --6. Toxins: New, Old, and Everywhere -- 7. Genes and Disease: Defects, Quirks, and Compromises -- 8. Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- 9. Legacies of Evolutionary History -- 10. Diseases of Civilization --11. Allergy -- 12. Cancer -- 13. Sex and Reproduction -- 14. Are Mental Disorders Diseases? -- 15. The Evolution of Medicine |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 251-273 |
| Subject |
Adaptation (Biology)
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Adaptation (Physiology)
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Human evolution.
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Human biology.
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Medicine -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Williams, George C. (George Christopher), 1926-2010.
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| LC no. |
94027651 |
| ISBN |
0679746749 |
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0812922247 |
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