Quantitative Research in Human Biology and Medicine

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Pages ii,iia
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
PREFACE, Pages vii-ix
CHAPTER 1 - MEDICAL STATISTICS: TERM, CONTENTS, DEFINITION, AND SCOPE, Pages 1-9
CHAPTER 2 - QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH AT THE DAWN OF SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE AND TODAY, Pages 10-19
CHAPTER 3 - ACCIDENTAL AND REPETITIVE OBSERVATIONS: CAUSATIVE RELATIONS, Pages 20-28
CHAPTER 4 - ASPECTS OF THE PAST: ACHIEVEMENTS, Pages 29-37
CHAPTER 5 - ASPECTS OF THE PAST: GROWTH, HEREDITY, Pages 38-50
CHAPTER 6 - ASPECTS OF THE PAST: SMALLPOX AND IMMUNITY; HOSPITAL STATISTICS, Pages 51-59
CHAPTER 7 - HISTORICAL STATISTICS ELUCIDATING MORE RECENT PROBLEMS, Pages 60-72
CHAPTER 8 - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES BY THE USE OF QUANTITATIVE LOGIC, Pages 73-83
CHAPTER 9 - QUESTIONABLE RELIABILITY OF SOME OFFICIAL STATISTICAL SOURCES: DEMODYNAMICS, Pages 84-95
CHAPTER 10 - QUESTIONABLE RELIABILITY OF SOME OFFICIAL SOURCES: COMPLICATIONS; POPULATION EXPLOSION, Pages 96-106
CHAPTER 11 - QUESTIONABLE RELIABILITY OF OFFICIAL SOURCES: CAUSES OF DEATH, Pages 107-116
CHAPTER 12 - UNWARRANTED QUANTITATIVE STATEMENTS AND THEIR REFUTATION: CANCER AND TUBERCULOSIS, Pages 117-123
CHAPTER 13 - QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO MAN'S PATHOGENESIS AND COMPLEMENTARY EXPERIMENTATION ON MAN AND ANIMALS: ASSETS AND PITFALLS, Pages 124-130
CHAPTER 14 - CAUSE AND EFFECT: PRENATAL GROWTH, Pages 131-138
CHAPTER 15 - CAUSE AND EFFECT: MATERNAL MORTALITY, Pages 139-143
CHAPTER 16 - CAUSE AND EFFECT: PERINATAL MORTALITY, Pages 144-158
CHAPTER 17 - TUBERCULOSIS: HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY, Pages 159-170
CHAPTER 18 - MENARCHE: UNSUSPECTED RELATIONS, Pages 171-181
CHAPTER 19 - INTUITIVE GUESSES, OBSERVATIONS, AND EXPERIMENTS IN PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES, Pages 182-192
CHAPTER 20 - ACCIDENTAL OBSERVATIONS AND STATISTICAL REASONING IN PATHOLOGY, Pages 193-205
CHAPTER 21 - UNSOLVED BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS: MULTIPLE BIRTHS, Pages 206-218
CHAPTER 22 - UNSOLVED BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS: HEREDITY OF MENTAL QUALITIES, Pages 219-233
CHAPTER 23 - UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN BIOPATHOLOGY: FUNCTIONS OF THE TONSILS, Pages 234-241
CHAPTER 24 - SOCIOBIOLOGICAL RELATIONS: NUTRITION, Pages 242-258
CHAPTER 25 - SOCIOBIOLOGICAL RELATIONS: MARITAL STATUS, TOBACCO, Pages 259-272
CHAPTER 26 - SOCIOBIOLOGICAL RELATIONS: SUICIDE, MURDER, ACCIDENTS, AND HEROISM, Pages 273-290
CHAPTER 27 - MEDICAL VERSUS MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS: SEX RATIO, LIFE DURATION, Pages 291-300
CHAPTER 28 - MODELS AND PARAMETERS: GENERAL REMARKS, Pages 301-310
CHAPTER 29 - MODELS AND PARAMETERS: FRUSTRATED HOPES IN PHARMACOLOGY, Pages 311-325
CHAPTER 30 - MODELS AND PARAMETERS: DIPHTHERIA AND SCARLATINA, Pages 326-340
CHAPTER 31 - MEDICAL AND MATHEMATICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: EVALUATION OF THE MALARIA SITUATION, Pages 341-348
CHAPTER 32 - MEDICAL AND MATHEMATICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: SHORT-TERM PREDICTIONS: MEASLES, Pages 349-356
CHAPTER 33 - MEDICAL AND MATHEMATICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS: TUBERCULOSIS, Pages 357-366
CHAPTER 34 - MEDICAL VERSUS MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS: CANCER: 1. THRESHOLD OR CUMULATIVE MECHANISM; 2. TUMOUR GROWTH, Pages 367-375
CHAPTER 35 - MEDICAL VERSUS MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS: CANCER: 1. OESTROGENIC HORMONES; 2. PERINATAL MORTALITY, Pages 376-383
CHAPTER 36 - MODELS: DEDUCTIONS FROM IATROGENIC PATHOLOGY IONIZING RADIATION, Pages 384-393
CHAPTER 37 - FINAL REMARKS, Pages 394-406
INDEX OF AUTHORS, Pages 407-413
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 415-422