Man adapting

René J. Dubos

Yale University Press, 1980 - Science - 538 pages

The biological and social problems of human adaptation, including nutrition, the co-evolution of diseases, indigenous microbiota, environmental pollution, and population growth. Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award for 1966 (earlier edition).

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Contents

• PREFACE xvli: 1
• Prenatal and early postnatal influences: 13
• Sensory stimulation and personality structure: 22
• MAN IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD 85: 35
• Biological rhythms: 42
• Seasonal ketonuria in fasting rats: 46
• Time displacement of potassium urinary excretion in man: 53
• Biodimatology: 56
• MANS FOOD: 63
• Estimated minimum daily protein intake for man: 67
• Composition of INCAP vegetable mixture 8: 74
• Nutritional state and development: 77
• Nutritional adaptations: 81
• THE LIVING WORLD: 88
• The social environment: 100
• THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIOTA: 110
• Digestive flora of NCS mice: 115
• Bacterial colonies recovered 3 weeks after feeding bacterial cultures to germfree mice: 116
• Comparative fecal flora of two strains of Swiss mice: 117
• Viable fecal flora of infants: 120
• Alteration of the fecal flora by penicillin: 127
• Effects of the microbiota on host nutrition: 128
• Physiological effects of the indigenous microbiota: 135
• NUTRITION AND INFECTION: 147
• Effect of lysine and threonine on the rate of recovery from loss of weight: 154
• Effect of dietary protein on susceptibility of mice to tuberculosis: 155
• Effect of amino acids on susceptibility to infection: 156
• Nutrition and dental caries: 160
• Exogenous vs endogenous microbial disease: 176
• Genetic facton in microbial diseases: 185
• ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION: 196
• Typical concentration values for gases and vapors in urban air: 205
• Air contaminants: 207
• Biological effects of air pollutants: 208
• Maximum allowable concentrations of air contaminants in Los Angeles: 209
• USA air quality standards and threshold limit values for solids or liquids: 210
• California air quality standards specifications and threshold limit values for gases and vapors: 212
• Data on which German VDI air quality specifications are based: 213
• Registered deaths in London administrative county by age comparison of sevenday period before the 1952 episode with the sevenday period that inc...: 214
• Delayed and indirect effects of biologically active agents: 220
• CHANGING PATTERNS OF DISEASE: 226
• Comparative life span of man and animals: 228
• Average remaining lifetime at specified ages: 230
• Social patterns of disease: 236
• ADAPTATION AND ITS DANGERS: 254
• The adaptive potentialities of man: 269
• THE POPULATION AVALANCHE: 280
• The homeostatic regulation of animal populations: 290
• The determinants of human birth rates: 301
• Comparative birth rates in different parts of the world: 310
• Population density and human life: 312
• HIPPOCRATES IN MODERN DRESS: 319
• Organismic and environmental biology: 333
• MAN MEETS His ENVIRONMENT: 344
• A City of Health: 353
• The limitations of environmental control: 361
• ERADICATION VERSUS CONTROL: 369
• Difficulties inherent in eradication programs: 376
• Social limitations to the application of knowledge: 382
• Scientific possibilities and social choices: 388
• Human needs and human medicine: 399
• Individual factors in medical care: 408
• Safety regulations and prospective epidemiology: 415
• MEDICINE ADAPTING: 419
• Dilemmas of modern medicine: 426
• Stability vs adaptability of scientific institutions: 438
• The health of the people: 448
• CURING HELPING CONSOLING: 457
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 467
• INDEX: 520

About the author

Rene Dubos was a famous microbiologist, as well as a writer, educator, and environmentalist. Born and educated in France, Dubos came to the United States in 1924 to join the research staff of Rutgers University. In 1927 he was invited to join the staff of Rockefeller University, where he spent practically his entire career. At Rockefeller University, Dubos pioneered research in antibiotics for commercial use during the 1940s. In 1939 he discovered tyrothricin, the first commercially produced antibiotic. As he grew older, his interests shifted from microbiology to humanistic and social-environmental issues. He devoted much of his writing to environmental problems and their impact on human beings. Dubos served as president of several professional organizations in the sciences, wrote 20 books, and was awarded more than a score of prizes by the scientific community. As an emeritus professor at Rockefeller University he continued to write until his death.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Man adapting; Classic Silliman lecture; Volume 39 of Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures; Silliman Memorial Lectures; Volume 39 of Silliman Milestones in science; Volume 197 of Yale (Serie); Yale University, Mrs.-Hepsa Eli Silliman memorial lectures
• Author: René J. Dubos
• Edition: 2, illustrated
• Publisher: Yale University Press, 1980
• ISBN: 0300025815, 9780300025811
• Length: 538 pages
• Subjects: Medical / General; Science / Life Sciences / Biology; Science / Life Sciences / Evolution