Overview

Real-life agromedical discoveries previously only available in scientific journals and books This entertaining and enlightening collection of true-life agromedical “detective stories” demonstrates innovative problem-solving in places as diverse as a desert farm in the Nile delta and a sharecropper’s cabin in South Carolina. From a schoolyard outbreak of pulmonary histoplasmosis in Michigan to a young farmer’s wife’s stress over herbicide exposure and infertility to an Army recruit’s bout with a botfly boil and a diagnosis of hallucinations, Rainbows in Washtubs: Diagnostic Mysteries in Agromedicine is filled with clinical and epidemiology mysteries solved by one of the pioneers of agromedicine—Dr. Stanley Schuman. Pulling from his two decades of agromedical experience, Dr. Schuman recounts first-hand the same steps he had to take to get to the source of several of his most difficult and sometimes disturbing cases. This at times suspenseful book provides a wealth of solid information about the impact of environment on the health of clients. As much a textbook as a medical mystery book, Rainbows in Washtubs: Diagnostic Mysteries in Agromedicine provides an ingenious look at the scientific method and problem-solving in the medical field. Some of the puzzling mysteries solved in Rainbows in Washtubs: Diagnostic Mysteries in Agromedicine include: what suddenly sickened a poor tenant farmer’s entire family what caused the rash on the woman’s fingers what is the best way to protect workers in Alexandria from toxic chemicals used in farming what caused the rampant rash among migrant workers what were the parasites infesting a pastor’s family what caused the infertility of the farm wife what caused the near death of the hiker what caused the golfer’s diarrhea and more! Rainbows in Washtubs: Diagnostic Mysteries in Agromedicine is an informative, entertaining read for physicians, researchers, agricultural extension workers, farmers, and anyone who enjoys real-life medical detective stories.

Full Product Details

Author:   Stanley Schuman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Informa Healthcare
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.30cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780789032768

ISBN 10:   0789032767
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   29 February 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Author’s Note Chapter 1. Finding Rainbows in Washtubs: An Unlikely Story Chapter 2. Client-Based Research: Tools That Work Chapter 3. Nikes by the Nile: Agromedicine in Alexandria Chapter 4. Dangerous Beauty: Peruvian Lily Chapter 5. Dyrene Mystery: Migrant Workers at Risk Chapter 6. Parasitosis: The Enemy Within Chapter 7. Infertility: The Farm Wife, the In-Laws, and the Physician Chapter 8. Fire Ants, Ticks, and Spiders: Who Is at Risk? Chapter 9. Farmer’s Risks: How to React? Chapter 10. Raspberries and Tomatoes: Golfers and Growers Chapter 11. Diet, Cancer, and Birth Defects: Nutritional Mysteries Chapter 12. Hog Farm Miasma: Case Studies Chapter 13. Milkmaid’s Shoulder: Women and Children at Risk Chapter 14. The Next Generation Chapter 15. Starlings, Elms, and Schoolchildren: Histoplasmosis Chapter 16. Bird Flu in Our Crowded Planet: Coexisting with Other Species Chapter 17. How One Small Book Changed My Career: Will Pickles in Country Practice Index

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