The following is a list of reading materials that can be found on
reserve at both CSB and SJUl libraries. Reading and writing
assignments will be assigned from these articles as announced in
class. This list will be updated during the semester. Materials that
have are now avaiable on reserve are shown in green.
SCIENCE
The Chemical View of Matter - Order in
Disorder. Atoms. Joesten et al., The World of Chemistry, Saunders
College Publishing, 1991
Chemical Bonds,the Ultimate Glue.
Joesten et al., The World of Chemistry, Saunders College
Publishing, 1991
Nucleic Acids and Protein Syinthesis.
McMurry, J, and Castellion, M, in Fundamentals of General,
Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, 1992
Proteins. Bettelheim and March, The
World of Chemistry, Saunders College Publishing, 1991
Medicines and Drugs From Plants Agosta,
W. Journal of Chemical Education, 74, 857-860, 1997.
Lymphatic System and Immunity. Seeley, R., Stephens, T., and
Tate, P. in Anatomy and Physiology, Mosby, 1995
Immunology Concept Maps. Stalheim-Smith, A. and Fitch, G. in
Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology, West Publishing, 1993.
The Scientific Approach to Behavior.
Weiten and Lloyd,in Psychology Applied to Modern Life,
Brooks/Cole, 1994. (An explanation of experimental design)
Introduction: The Scientific Method.
Sime, Physical Chemistry: Lab Manual (An excellent summary of the
"scientific method")
Falsifiability: A Discourse on How to
Foil LIttle Green Men in the Head. K. Stanovich, in How to Think
Straight About Psychology, 4th ed., 1996
Correlation and Causation: Birth Control
by the Toaster Method. K. Stanovich, in How to Think Straight
About Psychology, 4th ed., 1996
The Route to Normal Science; The Nature of Normal Science.
Kuhn, Thomas. in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 2nd
edition. University of Chicago Press, 1963
Users' Guide to the Medical Literature II: How to use an
Article About Therapy or Prevention - A. Are the Results of the
Study Valid?, Guyatt et al., Journal of the American Medical
Society, 270, 2598-2901, 1193.
Users' Guide to the Medical Literature IV: How to use an
Article About Harm, Levine et al., Journal of the American Medical
Society, 271, 1615-1619, 1994
HERBAL MEDICINE
Yinand Yang: Western Science Makes Room for Chinese Herbal
Medicine. Corinna Wu, Science News, pg 172-173, September 9, 1995
Exploring Chinese Herbal Medicine Can
Foster Discovery of Better Drugs. Tianhan Xue, The Scientist,
February 19, 1996.
Europe's Strong Herbal Brew: Chemcial
and Biological Research, mostly in Europe, suports the growing
respectability of herbal medicines in US. Rawis, R., Chemical and
Engineering News, September 23, 1996.
BELIEF IN SCIENCE
Postmodernist Rhetoric Does Not Change
Fundamental Scientific Facts. Irving Klotz, The Scientist, July
22, 1996.
When Science and Beliefs Collide. J.
Raloff, Science News, 360-361, June 8, 1996.
Is Science Losing its Objectivity? J.
Ziman, Nature, 751-754, 1996
Science as a Cultural Costruct.
Gottfried and Wilson, Nature, 545-547, 1997.
A Revolutionary Philosopher of Science (A review of the work
of Thomas Kuhn). Hull, D., Nature, July 18, 1996, pg 203-4
"Sucking With Vampires": The Medicine of Unreason.G.
Weissmann, in The Flight from Science and Reason, Annals New York
Academy Science, 1996
CHINESE MEDICINE
PsychosomaticIllness in the Chinese Cultural Context. Jen-Yi
Want, The Anthropology of Medicine: From Culture to Medicine, ed.
Romanucci-Ross et al.,Bergin and Garvey, 1991
When West Meets East. (1) M. Porkert, Chinese Medicine as a
Scientific System, Henry Holt and Co., 1982
Strengths and Limitations of Chinese Medicine.(2). M. Porkert,
Chinese Medicine as a Scientific System, Henry Holt and Co., 1982
The Rediscovery of Classical Medical Science in China. (3) M.
Porkert, Chinese Medicine as a Scientific System, Henry Holt and
Co., 1982
Chinese Medicine and Modern Science (4) ). M. Porkert, Chinese
Medicine as a Scientific System, Henry Holt and Co., 1982
China: A Living Lab for Epidemiology. S.
William, Science, May 4, 1992
Medicine East and West: Two Ways of Seeing, Two Ways of
Thinking. Ted Kaptchuk, in The Web That Has No Weaver, Congdon and
Weed, 1983
The Web That Has No Weaver - and Mount Sinai. Ted Kaptchuk, in
The Web That Has No Weaver, Congdon and Weed, 1983
MIND/BODY
Psychoneuroimmunology Finds Acceptance
As Science Adds Evidence. S. Benowitz, The Scientist, August 19,
1996
Under Stress, Immune Cells Rush to Repel
Microbe Invaders. S. Blakeslee, New York Time, November 22,
1995
The Mind-Body Interaction in Dieseae. E.
Sternberg & P. Gold. Scientific American -The Mysteries of the
Mind. Special Issue Volume 7, Number 1,8-15, 1997.
The Placebo Effect. xxxxx, Scientific
American, January 1998. -Preprint.
Faith and Healing. C. Wallis, Time, June 24, 1996
Mind and Medicine,Goleman, D. in Emotional Intelligence,
Bantam Book, 165-185, 1995
The Importance of Placebo Effects in Pain Treatment and
Research. Turner et al., Journal of the American Medical Society,
271, 1609-1614, 1994.
Psychoneuroimmunology: The Interface Between Behavior, Brain,
and Immunity. Maier, S., Watkins, L., and Fleshner, M. American
Psychologist, Dec. 1994, 1004-1017
Placebo Controls and Epistemic Control in Orthodox Medicine.
Sullivan, M., J. Medicine and Philosophy, 18, 213-231, 1993
GENERAL READINGS
Science and God: A Warming Trend.
Easterbrook, G. Science, 277, 890-893.
Historical View of Abnormal Behavior. Coleman et al., Abnormal
Psychology and Modern Life, 7th ed. , Scott, Foresman, and Co. ,
1984
Taoism. H. Smith, in The World's
Religions, 1991
Lepra and Leprosy. J Crossan, in Jesus:
A Revolutionary Biography