The age of autism : mercury, medicine, and a man-made epidemic / Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olmsted, Dan.

Contributor:

Blaxill, Mark, 1958-

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism--Environmental aspects.

Autism.

Mercury--Toxicology.

Mercury.

Autism--Etiology.

Autism--History.

Autistic Disorder--etiology.

Autistic Disorder--epidemiology.

Environmental Exposure.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Mercury--adverse effects.

Mercury Poisoning--history.

History.

Medical Subjects:

Autistic Disorder--etiology.

Autistic Disorder--epidemiology.

Environmental Exposure.

History, 19th Century.

History, 20th Century.

Mercury--adverse effects.

Mercury Poisoning--history.

Physical Description:

xi, 430 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010.

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.

Contents:

The age of syphilis

The age of hysteria

The age of acrodynia

Pollution

Targeted toxins

Germination

The wrong branches

Growing like a weed

Fruit of the poisoned tree

Digging up the roots

Epilogue : the nightmare and the dream.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780312545628

0312545622

OCLC:

555656274

Publisher Number:

99939891273