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OverviewTo some, food allergies seem like fabricated cries for attention. To others, they pose a dangerous health threat. Food allergies are bound up with so many personal and ideological concerns that it is difficult to determine what is medical and what is myth. Another Person's Poison parses the political, economic, cultural, and genuine health factors of a phenomenon that dominates our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. For most of the twentieth century, food allergies were considered a fad or junk science. While many physicians and clinicians argued that certain foods could cause a range of chronic problems, from asthma and eczema to migraines and hyperactivity, others believed that allergies were psychosomatic. This book traces the trajectory of this debate and its effect on public-health policy and the production, manufacture, and consumption of food. Are rising allergy rates purely the result of effective lobbying and a booming industry built on self-diagnosis and expensive remedies? Or should physicians become more flexible in their approach to food allergies and more careful in their diagnoses? Exploring the issue from scientific, political, economic, social, and patient-centered perspectives, this book is the first to engage fully with the history of a major modern affliction, illuminating society's troubled relationship with food, disease, nature, and the creation of medical knowledge. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew SmithPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780231164849ISBN 10: 023116484 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 26 May 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Witchcraft, a fad, or a racket? 1. Food Allergy Before Allergy 2. Anaphylaxis, Allergy, and the Food Factor in Disease 3. Strangest of All Maladies 4. Panic? Or the Pantry? 5. An Immunological Explosion? 6. The Problem with Peanuts Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsDr. Smith has written a thoughtful, well-sourced, well-analyzed history of food allergies, his book is an important contribution to the history of medicine. It will stand as definitive for some time. -- Carla Keirns, Stony Brook University Dr. Smith has written a thoughtful, well-sourced, well-analyzed history of food allergies, his book is an important contribution to the history of medicine. It will stand as definitive for some time. -- Carla Keirns, Stony Brook University This exemplary study of the history of food allergy neatly demonstrates our understandings and experiences of food allergy across time. Combining historical depth with an awareness of the clinical and scientific dimensions of allergy, this is not only an assured study of the emergence of a modern medical conundrum, but also a rich and persuasive analysis of the importance of diet for health. It will provide historians, allergists and the public with much food for thought. -- Mark Jackson, University of Exeter Another Person's Poison is an insightful analysis of the controversies over the existence, definition, and treatment of food allergies. It details a complex and illuminating history of this puzzling condition through an astute examination of the interplay of the theoretical and the clinical, as well as the professional and the commercial. Smith's writing brings alive the contentious debates that Rcontinue to plague any discussion of food allergies. -- Rima D. Apple, University of Wisconsin-Madison A thoughtful, well-sourced, and well-analyzed history of food allergies. This book is an important contribution to the history of medicine. It will stand as definitive for some time. -- Carla Keirns, Stony Brook University This excellent resource is strongly recommended for those interested in the history of health research, including undergraduates, graduates, and medical professionals. Library Journal While much remains to be discovered about food allergies, Smith capably introduces readers to the complex and confounding connection between what we eat and our bodies' adverse reactions. Booklist The story Mr. Smith tells is fundamentally fascinating... New York Times Author InformationMatthew Smith is a senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde's Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare and was recently named a BBC New Generation Thinker. His previous books include Hyperactive: The Controversial History of ADHD and An Alternative History of Hyperactivity: Food Additives and the Feingold Diet. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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