Why We Get Sick: The New Science

R. M. Nesse, G.C. Williams. Why We Get Sick The New Science of Darwinian Medicine. New York Times Books, 1994. (Note Chapter 6 of this provocative book gives an interesting perspective on natural toxins and raises the question Are we any worse off substituting synthetic poisons for the old natural ones As a note, Bendictin is also presented and a hypothesis... 

Nesse, R.M. and Williams G.C., Why We Get Sick. The New Science of Darwinian Medicine, Times Books, New York, 1994. 

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