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Molecules, Cells, and Disease

An Introduction to the Biology of Disease

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  • © 1977

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  1. Julien L. Lancker
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Concept of Disease and Its History

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 1-32

  3. Development of Existing Knowledge

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 33-58

  4. Defense Mechanisms

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 59-79

  5. Causes of Disease

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 80-130

  6. Injuries to Units of Specificity

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 131-166

  7. Injuries to Catalytic Units

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 167-194

  8. Hormone Imbalances

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 195-206

  9. Pathology of Cell Membranes

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 207-250

  10. Reflections on Cellular Death

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 251-262

  11. The Great Killers, Atherosclerosis and Cancer

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 263-287

  12. Aging

    • Julien L. Van Lancker
    Pages 288-296

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 297-311
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About this book

In tracing their origin and their fate, the beginning and the end of their environment, humans have often been guided by curiosity. Such concern has helped man to discover, among other things, the structure of the universe from star to atom and the evolution of life from unicellular organism to human being. The study of disease is unique. Although it may have been in­ spired by the curiosity of a few, it has always been the concern of all, because preventing or curing disease has meant survival not only of individuals, but of entire nations, not only of humans, but of fellow living creatures. If greed, force, religion, and language have been major causes of wars, diseases, more than arms, have often decided the outcome of battles and thereby have woven the pattern of history. For millennia, a large fraction of the human race believed that disease expressed the wrath of God(s) against individuals or societies. Therefore, only priests or priestesses, kings, and queens were endowed with the power of healing. In the West, Hippocrates is credited for exorcising this concept of disease and for objectively describing and cataloguing them. The contributions of Greek physicians to Western medicine made possible more accurate diagnoses and prognoses.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecules, Cells, and Disease

  • Book Subtitle: An Introduction to the Biology of Disease

  • Authors: Julien L. Lancker

  • Series Title: Springer Study Edition

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9418-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-90242-5Published: 17 August 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9418-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6234

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 311

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pathology, Cell Biology, Medical Biochemistry

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