The Lie That Started It All
The Lie That Started It All If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth….
Catching Flies: Approach Matters
Catching Flies: Approach Matters A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. —Benjamin Franklin Although the origins and exact meaning of Franklin’s phrase are debated,…
Who’s Minding the Shop? Ensuring Vaccine Safety and Efficacy
Who’s Minding the Shop? Ensuring Vaccine Safety and Efficacy The safety of the people shall be the highest law. —Marcus Tullius cicero One of the most popular arguments used by…
Psychology of the Anti-vaccine Movement
Psychology of the Anti-vaccine Movement The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. —H. L. Mencken…
There and Back Again: How Anti-vaxxers Change Their Minds
There and Back Again: How Anti-vaxxers Change Their Minds A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words,…
What’s Old Is New Again: Genesis of the Anti-vaccine Movement
What’s Old Is New Again: Genesis of the Anti-vaccine Movement If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. —George Bernard…
Through the Lens of History: A Look at Vaccine-Preventable Disease and the Origin of Vaccines
Through the Lens of History: A Look at Vaccine-Preventable Disease and the Origin of Vaccines In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old,…
Other Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors, Including Those of Uncertain Type
The neoplasms described in this comprehensive chapter are a heterogeneous group of tumors, having for the most part uncertain histogenesis and no known normal tissue counterpart. Each is characterized by…
Soft Tissue Tumors of Intermediate Malignancy of Uncertain Type
In previous editions of this textbook, several entities of uncertain type were placed into either benign or malignant categories. Although these entities still remain an enigma with regard to line…
Benign Tumors of Peripheral Nerves
Benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors differ from other soft tissue tumors in several important respects. Most soft tissue tumors arise from mesodermally derived tissue and display a range of features…
