Mirage of health : utopias, progress & biological change
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Mirage of health : utopias, progress & biological change
Rutgers University Press, 1987
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Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1959
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'Complete freedom from disease and from struggle is almost incompatible with the process of living, ' Rene Dubos asserted in this classic essay on ecology and health. All the accomplishments of science and technology, he argued, will not bring the utopian dream of universal well-being, because they ignore the dynamic process of adaptation to a constantly changing environment that every living organism must face.
Table of Contents
1. The Gardens of Eden
2. Biological and Social Adaptation
3. Struggle and Partnership in the Living World
4. Environment and Disease
5. Hygeia and Asclepius
6. Social Patterns of Health and of Disease
7. Effects of Disease on Populations and on Civilization
8. Utopias and Human Goals
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