At war within : the double-edged sword of immunity / William R. Clark.

New York : Oxford University Press, 1997, ©1995.

xi, 276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index

Overture to a science unborn: smallpox and the origins of immunology -- The anatomy of an immune response -- Living in the bubble: primary immune deficiency diseases -- hypersensitivity and allergy -- Horror autotoxicus: the immunology of self-destruction -- When the wall comes tumbling down: AIDS -- Organ transplantation: exploring the boundary between technology and ethics -- Minding the immune system's business: the dialogue between the brain and the immune system -- Diversity, tolerance, and memory: the politically correct immune system.