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In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850-2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete's foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection with Candida albicans); endemic, geographically specific infections in North America (coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis and histoplasmosis) and mycotoxins; and aspergillosis (infection with Aspergillus fumigatus). We discuss each disease in relation to developing medical knowledge and practices, and to social changes associated with 'modernity'. Thus, mass schooling provided ideal conditions for the spread of ringworm of the scalp in children, and the rise of college sports and improvement of personal hygiene led to the spread of athlete's foot. Antibiotics seemed to open the body to more serious Candida infections, as did new methods to treat cancers and the development of transplantation. Regional fungal infections in North America came to the fore due to the economic development of certain regions, where population movement brought in non-immune groups who were vulnerable to endemic mycoses. Fungal toxins or mycotoxins were discovered as by-products of modern food storage and distribution technologies. Lastly, the rapid development and deployment of new medical technologies, such as intensive care and immunosuppression in the last quarter of the twentieth century, increased the incidence of aspergillosis and other systemic mycoses.

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In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850-2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete's foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection with Candida albicans); endemic, geographically specific infections in North America (coccidioidomycosis, blastomycosis and histoplasmosis) and mycotoxins; and aspergillosis (infection with Aspergillus fumigatus). We discuss each disease in relation to developing medical knowledge and practices, and to social changes associated with 'modernity'. Thus, mass schooling provided ideal conditions for the spread of ringworm of the scalp in children, and the rise of college sports and improvement of personal hygiene led to the spread of athlete's foot. Antibiotics seemed to open the body to more serious Candida infections, as did new methods to treat cancers and the development of transplantation. Regional fungal infections in North America came to the fore due to the economic development of certain regions, where population movement brought in non-immune groups who were vulnerable to endemic mycoses. Fungal toxins or mycotoxins were discovered as by-products of modern food storage and distribution technologies. Lastly, the rapid development and deployment of new medical technologies, such as intensive care and immunosuppression in the last quarter of the twentieth century, increased the incidence of aspergillosis and other systemic mycoses.

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"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"--

Ringworm --- Ringworm --- Ringworm --- History. --- Treatment --- History. --- Radiotherapy --- History.

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Bien que peu étudiée jusqu'ici, l'histoire des teignes occupe une place de choix dans l'histoire de la dermatologie. Cette histoire fut aussi celle d'enfants longtemps privés d'une vie sociale normale et victimes de souffrances imposées par des méthodes thérapeutiques longues, douloureuses et d'efficacité aléatoire. Des guérisseurs recrutés par l'Assistance Publique au début du XIXème siècle à « L'école des teigneux » de l'hôpital Saint-Louis en passant par les rayons X aux effets secondaires mal maîtrisés, cet ouvrage retrace, à l'aide d'une riche iconographie provenant d'archives souvent iné

Ringworm. --- Dermatology. --- Medicine --- Skin --- Tinea (Disease) --- Dermatomycoses --- Diseases

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Invertebrates. --- Ongewervelde dieren --- 592 --- Eencelligen --- Sponsen --- Poliepen (dier) --- Ribkwallen --- Platwormen --- Draadwormen --- Weekdieren --- Mosselen --- Inktvissen --- Ringwormen --- Regenwormen --- Geleedpotigen --- Kreeften --- Sprinkhanen --- Insecten --- Stekelhuidigen --- Lancetvisjes --- Spinnen (dieren) --- Ongewervelden --- Eencellige --- Spons (dier) --- Poliep (dier) --- Ribkwal --- Platworm --- Weekdier --- Mossel --- Inktvis --- Ringworm --- Regenworm --- Kreeft --- Sprinkhaan --- Insect --- Stekelhuidige --- Spin (dier) --- Bestrijding