The age of autism : mercury, medicine, and a man-made epidemic /

The age of autism : mercury, medicine, and a man-made epidemic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Olmsted, Dan.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010.
Description:	xi, 430 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Autism -- Environmental aspects. Mercury -- Toxicology. Autism -- Etiology. Autism -- History. Autistic Disorder -- etiology. Autistic Disorder -- epidemiology. Environmental Exposure. History, 19th Century. History, 20th Century. Mercury -- adverse effects. Mercury Poisoning -- history. Autism. Autism -- Etiology. Mercury -- Toxicology. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8148843

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Other authors / contributors:	Blaxill, Mark, 1958-
ISBN:	9780312545628 (alk. paper) 0312545622 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	From the worst cases of syphilis to Sigmund Freud's first cases of hysteria, from baffling new disorders in 19th century Britain to the modern scourge of autism, this book traces the long overlooked history of mercury poisoning. It demonstrates with clarity how chemical and environmental clues may have been missed as medical "experts," many of them blinded by decades of systemic bias, instead placed blamed on parental behavior or children's biology.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Introduction: The Seed
Part 1. The Roots
Chapter 1. The Age of Syphilis
Chapter 2. The Age of Hysteria
Chapter 3. The Age of Acrodynia
Chapter 4. Pollution
Chapter 5. Targeted Toxins
Part 2. The Rise
Chapter 6. Germination
Chapter 7. The Wrong Branches
Chapter 8. Growing Like a Weed
Chapter 9. Fruit of the Poisoned Tree
Chapter 10. Digging Up the Roots
Epilogue: The Nightmare and the Dream
Acknowledgments
Appendix A. Notes on the Tuskegee Studies
Appendix B. Selected Papers and Patents of the Plant Pathology Network
Endnotes
Index