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  2. History of cancer - Wikipedia

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    His contemporary Nicolaes Tulp believed that cancer was a poison that slowly spreads, and concluded that it was contagious. [6] In the 1600s, cancer was vulgarly called "the wolf[e]". [7] The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among ...

  3. The Emperor of All Maladies - Wikipedia

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    According to Book Marks, the book received "positive" reviews based on thirteen critic reviews with five being "rave" and six being "positive" and two being "mixed". [5] On Bookmarks January/February 2011 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "Many of Mukherjee's followers will ...

  4. Malignant narcissism - Wikipedia

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    The social psychologist Erich Fromm first coined the term "malignant narcissism" in 1964. He characterized the condition as a solipsistic form of narcissism, in which the individual takes pride in their own inherent traits rather than their achievements, and thus does not require a connection to other people or to reality. [4]

  5. Albert de la Chapelle - Wikipedia

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    De la Chapelle worked for two years in the biochemistry lab of Dr. Paul Marks at Columbia University, New York, 1966–1968; for a semester in the Blood Group Unit of Ruth Sanger and Rob Race at the University of London 1974, and a year in the molecular genetics lab of Dr. Jean-Claude Kaplan at the University of Paris 1981–82.

  6. The Undying (book) - Wikipedia

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    The book won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and was a finalist for the PEN America's Jean Stein Book Award. [4] The Pulitzer committee described the book as "an elegant and unforgettable narrative about the brutality of illness and the capitalism of cancer care in America."

  7. Illness as Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    Kirkus Reviews called it "a small, liberating book that could become the cancer patient's Common Sense." [10] The literary critic Denis Donoghue of The New York Times gave the book a negative review, describing it as "a deeply personal book pretending for the sake of decency to be a thesis." He added:

  8. Eugenics - Wikipedia

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    A 1930s exhibit by the Eugenics Society.Some of the signs read "Healthy and Unhealthy Families", "Heredity as the Basis of Efficiency" and "Marry Wisely".Eugenics (/ j uː ˈ dʒ ɛ n ɪ k s / yoo-JEN-iks; from Ancient Greek εύ̃ (eû) 'good, well' and -γενής (genḗs) 'born, come into being, growing/grown') [1] is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality ...

  9. Machiavellianism (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Studies have shown that traits of Machiavellianism and other dark triad traits were already present in preschool children, [72] and more pronounced in adolescents aged 11–17. [73] There have been studies to measure Machiavellianism in 6 year olds using adult informants to analyze the child's behavior.