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Immune System Books
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by (shelved 6 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.58 — 12,456 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.12 — 371 ratings — published

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,850 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,455 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,440 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,238 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 4.14 — 4,387 ratings — published 1926

by (shelved 2 times as immune-system)
avg rating 3.84 — 539 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.50 — 20 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.38 — 306 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.65 — 147 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.34 — 53 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.33 — 100 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.41 — 232 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.08 — 64 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.81 — 26 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.08 — 12 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.70 — 140 ratings — published 2020

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.47 — 36 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.24 — 29 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,955 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.58 — 13,120 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.69 — 125 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,795 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.10 — 23,296 ratings — published 2019

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.06 — 17 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.30 — 769 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.67 — 463 ratings — published 2003

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,262 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.08 — 54,413 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,079 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.36 — 110 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.71 — 14 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.29 — 102 ratings — published 2004

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.95 — 43 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,014 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.14 — 7 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.10 — 224 ratings — published 2006

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.26 — 7,537 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.87 — 53 ratings — published

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.08 — 692 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,071 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.82 — 2,800 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 3.97 — 75 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.15 — 864 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 1 time as immune-system)
avg rating 4.29 — 7 ratings — published 2009
“One report that particularly impressed me appeared in the prestigious journal Science in April 1982 by authors Visintainer, Volpicelli, and Seligman. They described a group of rats, all suffering from the same cancer, that were exposed to annoying electric shock under two different ex- perimental conditions; one group could escape from it, and the other had to take it until it stopped. Both groups got exactly the same dose of shock; the ability to escape from it was the only difference between the two groups. Accord- ing to the authors, "Rats receiving inescapable shock were only half as likely to reject the tumor and twice as likely to die as rats receiving escapable shock or no shock. Only 27 percent of the rats given inescapable shock rejected the tumor, compared to 63 percent of the rats given escapable shock and 54 percent of the rats given no shock."
The clear implication of the study was that the im- mune systems of the rats that were more emotionally stressed were less efficient, since it is the effectiveness of the immune system that determines whether a cancer will be thrown off or not. If this is the case with rats, imag- ine how much more important the emotions must be in humans. (page 185)”
― Healing Back Pain
The clear implication of the study was that the im- mune systems of the rats that were more emotionally stressed were less efficient, since it is the effectiveness of the immune system that determines whether a cancer will be thrown off or not. If this is the case with rats, imag- ine how much more important the emotions must be in humans. (page 185)”
― Healing Back Pain

“Dr. Richard Selzer is a surgeon and a favorite author of mine. He writes the most beautiful and compassionate descriptions of his patients and the human dramas they confront. In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, he said that most young people seem to be protected for a time by an imaginary membrane that shields them from horror. They walk in it every day but are hardly aware of its presence. As the immune system protects the human body from the unseen threat of harmful bacteria, so this mythical membrane guards them from life-threatening situations. Not every young person has this protection, of course, because children do die of cancer, congenital heart problems, and other disorders. But most of them are shielded—and don’t realize it. Then, as years roll by, one day it happens. Without warning, the membrane tears, and horror seeps into a person’s life or into the life of a loved one. It is at this moment that an unexpected theological crisis presents itself.”
― Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future
― Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future