The article reviews the book "In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America" by Laurie Edwards.StoneTreadwellMarthaTreadwellLibrary JournalEdwards, L. (2013). In the Kingdom of the Sick: A Social History of Chronic Illness in America. New York: Walker & ...
The steady infusion of immigrants from China and Taiwan and easy access to traditional and popular cultures from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, through telecommunication and trans-Pacific travel, have helped create a new Chinese America that is as diverse as it is fast-changing. Chinese American...
However, Chagas disease is a most unlikely diagnosis for Darwin’s chronic illness as the symptoms abated as he aged, as he did not seem to have any of the typical chagasic symptoms and as he had some of the symptoms already before the Beagle voyage [37]. Despite all these reports, the...
Other rheumatic diseases of children received little attention until the 1940s. Rheumatic diseases taken together remain a significant cause of chronic illness in children through- out the world. A number of other conditions that masquerade as rheumatic diseases in children also demand recognition and ...
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Hepatitis C is the most common blood-borne viral illness in the North America. Chronic hepatitis C infection may lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure and liver cancer. In North America, injection drug use is the most important risk factor for infection and substance abusing populations...
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Carroll became infected as a result of this experiment—he survived, and went on to have a distinguished career as a microbiologist, but suffered from chronic illness leading to an early death, said to be a consequence of his yellow fever infection.Purchased copy, used with permission. The ...
In this chapter we analyze the unending worldwide increase of pediatric allergic diseases and their natural history. Of concern is the early age at which atopy starts its march in these defenseless children.
Great strides have been made in the management of mental illnesses and chronic medical illness, in technological advancements in the field of gynecology, and in the development of birth control methods. All have 137 138 ALDERMAN ET AL. had a dramatic impact on furthering the discipline of ado-...