1918 ADAMI, John George (1862 – 1926)
Medical contributions to the study of evolution.
"Part I: Adaptation and disease". The Croonian Lectures delivered in June 1917. Includes "Adaptation in the bacteria and the evolution of the infectious diseases" and "Adaptation to disease-producing agencies in the h…
GMN 12079 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14288
1980 EWALD, Paul W. (1953 – )
Evolutionary biology and the treatment of signs and symptoms of infectious disease.
"When viewed from an evolutionary perspective, manifestations of infectious diseases can be classified as (1) adaptations of the host to counteract harmful aspects of the disease, (2) adaptations of the pathogen to ma…
GMN 8988 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11167
1991 WILLIAMS, George Christopher (1926 – 2010); NESSE, Randolph M. (1948 – )
The dawn of Darwinian medicine.
"While evolution by natural selection has long been a foundation for biomedical science, it has recently gained new power to explain many aspects of disease. This progress results largely from the disciplined applicat…
GMN 8990 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11169
1994 EWALD, Paul W. (1953 – )
Evolution of infectious disease.
GMN 8989 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11168
1994 WILLIAMS, George Christopher (1926 – 2010); NESSE, Randolph M. (1948 – )
Why we get sick: The new science of Darwinian medicine.
GMN 8991 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11170
2017 CHEVALIER, Robert L.
Evolutionary nephrology.
Abstract: "Progressive kidney disease follows nephron loss, hyperfiltration, and incomplete repair, a process described as “maladaptive.” In the past 20 years, a new discipline has emerged that expands research horizo…
GMN 12099 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14308
2019 CHEVALIER, Robert L.
Evolution, kidney development, and chronic kidney disease.
Abstract: "There is a global epidemic of chronic kidney disease (CKD) characterized by a progressive loss of nephrons, ascribed in large part to a rising incidence of hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabe…
GMN 12098 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14307
