{"product_id":"intolerant-bodies-warwick-anderson-9781421415338","title":"Intolerant Bodies: A Short History of Autoimmunity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA history of autoimmunity that validates the experience of patients while challenging assumptions about the distinction between the normal and the pathological.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the NSW Premier's History Award of the Arts NSW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutoimmune 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, often lifelong, pattern of remission and recurrence. Multiple sclerosis, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and type 1 diabetes--the diseases considered in this book--are but a handful of the conditions that can develop when the immune system goes awry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntolerant Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique collaboration between Ian Mackay, one of the prominent founders of clinical immunology, and Warwick Anderson, a leading historian of twentieth-century biomedical science. The authors narrate the changing scientific understanding of the cause of autoimmunity and explore the significance of having a disease in which one's body turns on itself. The book unfolds as a biography of a relatively new concept of pathogenesis, one that was accepted only in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn their description of the onset, symptoms, and course of autoimmune diseases, Anderson and Mackay quote from the writings of Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Heller, Flannery O'Connor, and other famous people who commented on or grappled with autoimmune disease. The authors also assess the work of the dedicated researchers and physicians who have struggled to understand the mysteries of autoimmunity. Connecting laboratory research, clinical medicine, social theory, and lived experience, \u003ci\u003eIntolerant Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how doctors and patients have come to terms, often reluctantly, with this novel and puzzling mechanism of disease causation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Warwick Anderson, Ian R. MacKay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142141533X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421415338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2014 pg. 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 1536","brand":"Warwick Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43934797037823,"sku":"9781421415338","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_113089c3-299c-4747-a92c-e175d8b9deeb.jpg?v=1681416103","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intolerant-bodies-warwick-anderson-9781421415338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}