The Resource Another person's poison : a history of food allergy, Matthew Smith
Another person's poison : a history of food allergy, Matthew Smith
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The item Another person's poison : a history of food allergy, Matthew Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "To some, food allergies seem like fabricated cries for attention. For others, they pose a dangerous health threat. Food allergies are bound up with so many personal and ideological concerns that it is difficult to determine what is medical and what is myth. This book parses the political, economic, cultural, and genuine health factors of a phenomenon that now dominates our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. Surveying the history of food allergy from ancient times to the present, Another Person's Poison also gives readers a clear grasp of new medical findings on allergies and what they say about our environment, our immune system, and the nature of the food we consume. For most of the twentieth century, food allergies were considered a fad or junk science. While many physicians and clinicians argued that certain foods could cause a range of chronic problems, from asthma and eczema to migraines and hyperactivity, others believed that allergies were psychosomatic. Another Person's Poison traces the trajectory of this debate and its effect on public-health policy and the production, manufacture, and consumption of food. Are rising allergy rates purely the result of effective lobbying and a booming industry built on self-diagnosis and expensive remedies? Or should physicians become more flexible in their approach to food allergies and more careful in their diagnoses? Exploring the issue from scientific, political, economic, social, and patient-centered perspectives, this book is the first to engage fully with the history of what is now a major modern affliction, illuminating society's troubled relationship with food, disease, and the creation of medical knowledge."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 290 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction: "Witchcraft, a fad, or a racket?"
- Food allergy before allergy
- Anaphylaxis, allergy, and the food factor in disease
- Strangest of all maladies
- Panic? or the pantry?
- An immunological explosion?
- The problem with peanuts
- Isbn
- 9780231164849
- Label
- Another person's poison : a history of food allergy
- Title
- Another person's poison
- Title remainder
- a history of food allergy
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "To some, food allergies seem like fabricated cries for attention. For others, they pose a dangerous health threat. Food allergies are bound up with so many personal and ideological concerns that it is difficult to determine what is medical and what is myth. This book parses the political, economic, cultural, and genuine health factors of a phenomenon that now dominates our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. Surveying the history of food allergy from ancient times to the present, Another Person's Poison also gives readers a clear grasp of new medical findings on allergies and what they say about our environment, our immune system, and the nature of the food we consume. For most of the twentieth century, food allergies were considered a fad or junk science. While many physicians and clinicians argued that certain foods could cause a range of chronic problems, from asthma and eczema to migraines and hyperactivity, others believed that allergies were psychosomatic. Another Person's Poison traces the trajectory of this debate and its effect on public-health policy and the production, manufacture, and consumption of food. Are rising allergy rates purely the result of effective lobbying and a booming industry built on self-diagnosis and expensive remedies? Or should physicians become more flexible in their approach to food allergies and more careful in their diagnoses? Exploring the issue from scientific, political, economic, social, and patient-centered perspectives, this book is the first to engage fully with the history of what is now a major modern affliction, illuminating society's troubled relationship with food, disease, and the creation of medical knowledge."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Matthew
- Dewey number
- 616.97/5
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC596
- LC item number
- .S39 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2015 G-064
- WD 300
- Series statement
- Arts and traditions of the table: perspectives on culinary history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Food allergy
- Food Hypersensitivity
- Food Hypersensitivity
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Food allergy
- Voedselallergie
- Lebensmittelallergie
- Label
- Another person's poison : a history of food allergy, Matthew Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: "Witchcraft, a fad, or a racket?" -- Food allergy before allergy -- Anaphylaxis, allergy, and the food factor in disease -- Strangest of all maladies -- Panic? or the pantry? -- An immunological explosion? -- The problem with peanuts
- Control code
- ocn893784375
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231164849
- Lccn
- 2014041702
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025044387
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780231164849
- (OCoLC)893784375
- Label
- Another person's poison : a history of food allergy, Matthew Smith
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-275) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: "Witchcraft, a fad, or a racket?" -- Food allergy before allergy -- Anaphylaxis, allergy, and the food factor in disease -- Strangest of all maladies -- Panic? or the pantry? -- An immunological explosion? -- The problem with peanuts
- Control code
- ocn893784375
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231164849
- Lccn
- 2014041702
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 40025044387
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780231164849
- (OCoLC)893784375
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