Why we get sick : the new science of Darwinian medicine
by
Nesse, Randolph M.
Title
:
Why we get sick : the new science of Darwinian medicine
Author
:
Nesse, Randolph M.
ISBN
:
9780679746744
Personal Author
:
Nesse, Randolph M.
Edition
:
1st ed.
Publication Information
:
New York : Vintage Books, 1996, c1994.
Physical Description
:
xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
:
The mystery of disease -- Evolution by natural selection -- Signs and symptoms of infectious disease -- An arms race without end -- Injury -- Toxins: new, old and everywhere -- Genes and diseases: defects, quirks and compromises -- Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- Legacies of evolutionary history -- Diseases of civilization -- Allergy -- Cancer -- Sex and reproduction -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- The evolution of medicine.
Subject Term
:
Medicine -- Philosophy.
Human evolution.
Human biology.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Philosophy, Medical.
Evolution.
Biology.
Adaptation, Physiological.
Geneeskunde.
Darwinisme.
Added Author
:
Williams, George C. (George Christopher), 1926-
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023656271 | 610.1 N463W 1994 | 1 | On-Shelf Student |