Bibliograph

The stress of life

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The stress of life

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The stress of life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

525839

Table Of Contents

Preface -- Book I: The discovery of stress -- Precursors of the stress concept -- My first glimpse of stress -- How to question nature -- The birth of the G.A.S. -- Book II: The dissection of stress -- Why did we need a blueprint for the dissection? -- Inventory of assets: (a) the facts -- Inventory of assets: (b) the abstractions -- Inventory of assets: (c) materials and techniques -- How does one dissect a biologic mechanism? -- Results of the dissection -- Stress in a nutshell -- Stress and inflammation -- Synoptic view of the whole stress-mechanism -- Book III: The diseases of adaptation -- Diseases of the kidney, the heart, and the blood vessels -- Inflammatory diseases -- Other diseases -- "When scientists disagree" -- Book IV: Sketch for a unified theory -- The search for unification -- How could the stress concept lead to a more unified interpretation of biology and medicine? -- Apologia for teleologic thought in biology and medicine -- Book V: Implications and applications -- Medical implications of the stress concept -- Psychosomatic implications -- Philosophic implications -- The road ahead

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