Nameless Diseases

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1992. Bright, shiny, clean copy. Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (22.95). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. From the Dust Jacket: "You know you are sick, but no one can put a name to your illness... Sound familiar? ...Terra Ziporyn, a medical journalist and historian, explains why it can be so hard to find out what's wrong, why it matters so much, and what to do about it. As her examples vividly show, people with nameless diseases often feel that the pain of not knowing is almost as bad as the illness itself. Anxious to help their patients, doctors sometimes find themselves forced to put a name on a condition they can't identify. Yet, a disease that has been diagnosed incorrectly can be treated inappropriately. NAMELESS DISEASES draws on the firsthand accounts of real patients, case studies, medical literature, and the history of medicine (which is littered with the names of discarded diseases) to explore all these issues. NAMELESS DISEASES is compelling reading for anyone who has ever suffered from a medical mystery or who seeks to understand the limitations of medical progress. The book includes a list of organizations devoted to educating the public about commonly overlooked, unrecognized, rare, or misdiagnosed diseases.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good condition./Very Good Dust Jacket.. 8vo. x, 234pp. .