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University of Connecticut, Farmington. Text for medical students on examining the child or adolescent patient. Assumes mastery of basic history and physical exam in adults. Emphasizes the normal, healthy child. Illustrated. DNLM: Medical History Taking - in adolescence. ... Read more

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Contents: Introduction; The Mystery of Fermentation; The Microzymas; The Cult of the Microbe; Valedictory; Index. ... Read more

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Must Read.
This ia a book I'd recommend every person read. I must say, it held me in AWE and dismay as I read the entire tome. Again, we need to step back and say, "Follow The Money", when we're told of Scientific Studies and their validity. Read this book!

Great info, hard reading
The information in this book is excellent but it is very difficult to follow on account of it's age/scientific language.But it doesn't make the information any less valid.If you are new to the concept that the germ-theory is flawed, I would recommend an easier reading book first (maybe a couple)."Food is your best medicine" would be a good one to start with.But if you are up to it, this book has great info on Pasteur and Bechamp.The author does seem a little biased (or alot), but I don't blame them. :) ... Read more

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nice book for the commoner :)
This is a wonderful history of diseases written in a non-technical form.Easy to understand and very engrossing.The art work is very nice as well. ... Read more

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An anecdotal, personal account of the dramatic impact of the polio epidemic on 1940s and 1950s America from a social and historical context focuses on the author's own mother's illness and the emotional devastation that it brought on her own family.Amazon.com Review
A memoir of her mother's horrifying descent into an iron lung--andinto the grave two years later--this powerful, heart-wrenching book is also awell-researched and vivid account of the onset of the polio epidemics of theturn of the century and the conquering of the disease in the 1950s. VirginiaBlack, the author's mother, contracted both bulbar and spinal polio justweeks after the first American children had been inoculated with Jonas Salk'scontroversial vaccine. Virginia Black did not survive, but her daughter, sixyears old when her mother died, grew up to write an important first-handaccount of this frightening crippler. ... Read more

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A Different Era
I read this book after glancing over it quickly at the library. Thinking it more a "browsing" book than a "reading" book, I quickly became quite absorbed in the stories being told. It is a chronicle of a different time, when a disease that predominantly struck children left its scar on the victim, her family, and society. Mass "hysteria" (empty neighborhood pools, for example), not altogether unwarranted given the evidence and the times, gripped the world as parents strove to protect their children from the dreaded iron lung. I know one reviewer complained it had too much "nitty gritty," but I have to say that the information was presented in such an accessible manner that I couldn't get enough of it. And, of course, there's a "happy ending," that is, the development of an effective vaccine. As a scientist, it's probably the best "popular" book about a disease and about its societal impact that I've read, and I recommend it highly.

Wow!
This memoir written by the daughter of a woman that had polio and a history of polio is an excellent book. I really felt like I knew the author, her mother and the whole polio experience much better after I read this book.

Excellent Read
Kathryn Black's journey to understand her mother's struggle with polio is well written and poignant--a definite contribution to appreciating the human condition. This book is worth every penny.

Another polio survivor
As a polio survivor myself, I am fascinated by the biographies of others. I am very much reminded of TO CATCH THE SNOWFLAKES, another survivor who did not allow himself to be a victim.

Misleading Info about the book- please read!!
The book was inspirational and taught me a lot about the disease- things I never knew; but when I read the summary for this book, I thought it was going to be a story, not a research paper. Yes, Ms. Black does tell snippets of her mother's story every other chapter, but there is so much nitty gritty info in between- unless you want to know the entire history of the disease, don't buy this book. I did, thinking I would get an in depth view into the life of a family affected by polio, and instead got, for the most part, an essay on the history and effects of polio. Please don't be mislead by the title- it's a good title, but it conveys a personal and intimate sense which is not entirely present in the book itself. I hope my experience with this book helps you in the future. ... Read more

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Here is a compelling scientific account of viruses, their history, and the dangers they pose--now and in the future. Viruses are disarmingly small and simple. Nevertheless, the smallpox virus killed over 300 million people in the twentieth century before it was eradicated in 1980. The AIDS virus, HIV, is now the world's biggest killer infection and the single most common cause of death in Africa. In recent years, the outbreaks of several lethal viruses such as Ebola and Hantavirus have caused great public concern--yet most people remain woefully ill-informed.In this fascinating new book, Dorothy Crawford explains lucidly and accessibly all aspects of the natural history of these deadly parasites and discusses controversial subjects such as CFS and Gulf War Syndrome. The book considers issues such as how man has coped with viruses in the past, where new viruses come from, and whether it would be possible for a new virus to wipe out the human race. Professor Crawford illustrates her arguments with vivid and wide-ranging examples. The result is an informative and highly readable book, which will be read by all those who seek a deeper understanding of these minute but remarkably efficient killers.Amazon.com Review
Though the Berlin Wall has fallen, we find ourselves still struggling with an even older enemy in the eternal Common Cold War. Virologist Dorothy H.Crawford has studied the link between Epstein-Barr virus and human cancerfor years, and she casts a wary eye through the electron microscope to check upon them and report on our strange and occasionally deadly symbiosis inThe Invisible Enemy.

This slim book, scholarly but accessible, examines these barely living (orunliving, depending on whom you ask) gene packages with a strong emphasison their disease-causing antics and the intellectual heroics of the variouscampaigns of eradication and control humans have waged for centuries. Though biological relativists might cringe occasionally at Crawford'sdogged humanocentrism, few of them would really pine for the days ofsmallpox or embrace the raging HIV pandemic if pressed. Crawford looks atthe wake of devastation left by these two viruses as well as her ownfavorite subject, which is strongly implicated in the formation of manycancers. Going a bit farther afield, she explains the weird behavior ofthe nongenetic reproduction of prions that cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseand bovine spongiform encephalopathy; though these scary proteins aren'tviruses by any definition, their behavior is similar enough to warrantinclusion. The Invisible Enemy, calmer than its title wouldsuggest, provokes a sense of optimism in the reader. Though the war mightlast forever, we can hope for fewer and fewer casualties as the years goby. --Rob Lightner ... Read more

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Excellent! A book to be read by everybody
What a great book to finish this year. This is the history of viruses, those nanoparticles wrapped up in protein, a history of smallpox, polio, herpes, hepatitis, flu, Human T Leukaemia Virus, HIV and others little viruses that have made difficult our existence. But this book is more than that, a book to understand how this virus operate, their relation with cancer, how we have combated them via immunization, vaccines and antivirals, and the amazing advances in dealing with them, including the use of viruses to deal with cancer.
There is much more to understand about viruses, the purpose of them, an effort that perhaps allows to understand life itself. This is a book to be read by everybody, a book that should have a spanish version and be given to high school/University students. Prevention is the first step.

Fascinating, less complicated introduction to the current issue of emerging viruses
Probably the only reason I gave this a four star is because the book was a repeat basically for me of information I'd already read more completely somewhere else. That's not to say I didn't think this book was interesting. The Writer is British, and most all the books I read were from American writers. Her writing is impeccable as per usual with the British, but also there is a distinctly different point of view.

I would highly recommend this book for people who want a good introduction into the area of virology. It applies to everyone, since emerging and man-made viruses are such a threat at this point. The book doesn't overdo the scientific jargon you find in textbooks, and makes the science accessible to everyone who reads the book. It addresses most of the past big problems, introduces some emerging problems like Ebola...but this is very general. That can be a good thing...I just wanted some more information than what I got.

Karen Sadler

Understanding viruses
"The Invisble Enemy" is a very good overview of the world of viruses.Virologist Dorothy H. Crawford has written a book that is scientific, but it is also interesting, enjoyable, and very readable.In fact, I became so immersed while reading the book that I felt that I was reading a historical novel and not a book on the science of viruses.But that is what is so enjoyable about this book - Ms. Crawford weaves together interesting tales, scientific data and her thoughts on viruses in a way that helped me to understand these primitive proteins and their impact on the history and evolution of the human race.

Throughout the book there is information about the history of a variety of killer viruses such as yellow fever and polio and the vaccines that were developed to eradicate them.There is also information about the origins of HIV - how HIV infects a cell and the ways that HIV drugs interfere with the replication process.Also information is included on hepatitis A, hepatitis B and a little information on hepatitis C.There is also an overview of the emerging killer viruses such as ebola, hanta virus, and the bird flu.

After reading this book I came away with a better understanding of viruses and their remarkable ability to survive.

Nice book
This is a nice book about viruses. The book is slightly technical, but reading it while able to access wikipedia should do it, if you want to understand each detail.

Recently I came across a theory came which says that viruses played a crucial role in the evolution of humans. After reading this book the above theory made sense to me.

amazing
I assumed this would be another text book style read consisting of sterile,bare bones info.I was very pleasantly surprised.This book is increadible.It reads like a novel and yet the info is present in every sentence.The author is clearly beyond knowledgable about the topic. I would recommend this book to anyone.Truely amazing! ... Read more

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Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of CaliforniaSubjects: University of California, Berkeley. Graduate DivisionUniversity of California, Berkeley. Naval Biological LaboratoryBrucellosis -- United States PreventionStudent movements -- California BerkeleyNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more