Ringworm and irradiation : the historical, medical and legal implications of the forgotten epidemic / edited by Shifra Shvarts, Siegal Sadetzki-Jackobson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shvarts, Shifra, editor.

Sadetzki-Jackobson, Siegal, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ringworm--History.

Ringworm.

Tinea Capitis--history.

Tinea Capitis--radiotherapy.

Radiation Effects.

History, 20th Century.

Medical Subjects:

Tinea Capitis--history.

Tinea Capitis--radiotherapy.

Radiation Effects.

History, 20th Century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In July 1973, a study at the University of Chicago linked radiation treatment in childhood to a variety of diseases, including thyroid cancer. A few months later, a worker at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago found a registry of 5,266 former patients treated with radiation during the 1950s and 1960s. Hospital officials decided to contact these patients and arrange for follow-up medical examinations. Media coverage of Reese's campaign had a snowball effect, prompting more medical institutions to follow suit and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to launch a nationwide campaign warning the medical community and public about the late effects of ionizing radiation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Ringworm of the scalp : the history of an ancient disease / Ciro Burstein

Radiation epilation for ringworm : scientific and historical aspects / M. Raphael Pfeffer

The ringworm children at the Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris : from medical neglect to bio-social obsession / Gérard Tilles

Ringworm : a disease of schools and mass schooling in the UK / Aya Homei and Michael Worboys

The JDC-Joint and OSE campaign for eradication of ringworm in the Jewish community in Eastern Europe and North Africa.

The ringworm campaign in Serbia (Yugoslavia) in the 1950s / Shifra Shvarts, Goran Sevo, Marija Tasic, Mordechai Shani, Siegal Sadetzki

The ringworm campaign in Portugal, 1940-1970 : an historical review and present evaluation of x-ray-epilated individuals / Paula Boaventura, Dina Pereira, Paula Soares, and José Teixeira-Gomes

"Deadly Medicine" : Michael Rees's Pandora's box and the campaign to warn the public of the late health effects of ionizing radiation in the United States / Itai Bavli and Shifra Shvarts

The campaign to eradicate ringworm in Israel, 1925-1960 / Shifra Shvarts, Aya Bar Oz, Eli Shachar, Sari Levi, Sigal Samchi, Itai Bavli

"Think before you act" : Ringworm research in Israel, 1965-1995 / Siegal Sadetzki

The muted voices of the ringworm patients and their families, worldwide / Liat Hoffer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Ringworm and irradiation

ISBN:

9780197568965

0197568963

OCLC:

1268545417