Allergy: The History of a Modern Malady

by Mark Jackson and Mark Jackson

Book Overview

It attacks through foods, animals, and innumerable chemical combinations. It is among the most common and potentially lethal afflictions known. It is the allergy, the subject of Mark Jackson's fascinating chronicle.
Jacksoninvestigates how the allergy became the archetypal "disease of civilization," as it transformed from a fringe malady of the wealthy into one of the greatest medical disorders of the twentieth century. Jackson also examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861893337
• ISBN13: 9781861893338
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.7"