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Keep Out of Reach of Children: Reye s Syndrome, Aspirin, and the Politics of Public Health (Bellevue Literary Press Pathographies)
A fascinating history of a public health crisis. Compellingly written and insightful, Keep Out of Reach of Children traces the discovery of Reyes syndrome, research into its causes, industrys efforts to avoid warning labels on one suspected cause, aspirin, and the feared diseases sudden disappearance. Largents empathy is with the myriad children and parents harmed by the disease, while he challenges the triumphalist view that labeling solved the crisis. Read more