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Why we get sick : the new science of Darwinian medicine/ Randolph M. Nesse and George C. Williams.

By: Nesse, Randolph MContributor(s): Williams, George C. (George Christopher), 1926-Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books, 1996. Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 0679746749 (pbk.); 0679746749Subject(s): Medicine -- Philosophy | Human evolution | Human biology | Adaptation (Physiology)DDC classification: 610.1 | 610.1 LOC classification: R723 | .N387 1996
Contents:
The mystery of disease -- Evolution by natural selection -- Signs and symptoms of infectious disease -- An arms race without end -- Injury -- Toxins: new, old and everywhere -- Genes and diseases: defects, quirks and compromises -- Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- Legacies of evolutionary history -- Diseases of civilization -- Allergy -- Cancer -- Sex and reproduction -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- The evolution of medicine.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-273) and index.

The mystery of disease -- Evolution by natural selection -- Signs and symptoms of infectious disease -- An arms race without end -- Injury -- Toxins: new, old and everywhere -- Genes and diseases: defects, quirks and compromises -- Aging as the Fountain of Youth -- Legacies of evolutionary history -- Diseases of civilization -- Allergy -- Cancer -- Sex and reproduction -- Are mental disorders diseases? -- The evolution of medicine.

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