Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity

by Ian R. Mackay and Warwick Anderson

Book Overview

A history of autoimmunity that validates the experience of patients while challenging assumptions about the distinction between the normal and the pathological.

Winner of the NSW Premier's History Award of the Arts NSW

Autoimmune diseases, which affect 5 to 10 percent of the population, are as unpredictable in their course as they are paradoxical in their cause. They produce persistent suffering as they follow a drawn-out,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 142141533X
• ISBN13: 9781421415338
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.8"