Keep out of reach of children : Reye's syndrome, aspirin, and the politics of public health / Mark A. Largent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Largent, Mark A., author.

Series:

Bellevue Literary Press pathography

BLP pathographies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reye's syndrome--Etiology.

Reye's syndrome.

Aspirin.

Public health--Political aspects.

Public health.

Reye Syndrome--etiology.

Aspirin--adverse effects.

Child.

History, 20th Century.

Politics.

Public Health--history.

Reye Syndrome--history.

Diseases--Causes and theories of causation.

Medical Subjects:

Reye Syndrome--etiology.

Aspirin--adverse effects.

Child.

History, 20th Century.

Politics.

Public Health--history.

Reye Syndrome--history.

Physical Description:

271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2015.

Summary:

"A modern medical mystery about an illness that ravaged healthy children, changed policy, and vanished before a cause was found"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Discovery of Reye's Syndrome 25

Chapter 2 Toxins: The Obvious Cause 42

Chapter 3 The Deadly Mist 57

Chapter 4 The Front Line in the Battle against Reye's Syndrome 7

Chapter 5 The Aspirin Hypothesis 98

Chapter 6 The Aspirin Industry Responds 122

Chapter 7 The Rise of Labels and the Fall of Reye's 146

Chapter 8 Labels, At Last 162

Chapter 9 Triumph and Dissent 178

Chapter 10 The Politics of Public Health 197.

Notes:

"A Bellevue Literary Press pathography."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-260) and index.

ISBN:

193413788X

9781934137888

OCLC:

875240455

Publisher Number:

99963795855