In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease
Collected Writings & Associated Materials
By Kenneth B. Liegner, M.D. | Publisher: Xlibris
About the book
Following completion of his medical training and a one-year stint as attending physician on Howard Champion’s Surgical Critical Care Service and MedStar Unit at Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia, Kenneth Liegner, M.D. returned to Westchester County, home of his Alma Mater, New York Medical College, to start a private practice. Unwittingly, he had ‘plunked himself down’ in the heart of a burgeoning epidemic of Lyme disease. His patients confronted him with puzzling syndromes that defied ‘tidy’ formulations of the illness and thrust him in to a Maelstrom of medical controversy.
Lyme disease, a new poorly understood disease, emerged hand in hand with the rise ‘managed care’. Physicians caring for persons with Lyme disease, loyal to the Hippocratic Oath and serving what they saw as patients’ best medical interests, found themselves on a collision course with a new Corporate Medical Ethic dedicated to maximizing profit.
One practitioner’s work over 25 years is presented here along with correspondence with many principals in the field. Documentational in nature and not written as a narrative, the materials, nonetheless, convey the intensity of the struggle to characterize the nature of Lyme disease and the desperate fight for proper diagnosis and treatment upon the outcome of which patients’ very lives depended. The volume includes protocols useful as reference materials for patients and practitioners alike, as well as photographic images of many persons important in the history of Lyme disease.
Foreword by Pam Weintraub, Senior Editor of aeon digital magazine and author of award-winning book Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic.
Preface by Paul W. Ewald, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Louisville and author of Plague Time.
Editions of In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781503587366
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781503587373
- EBook
- ISBN 9781503587359
Read an Excerpt
Following completion of his medical training and a one-year stint as attending physician on Howard Champion’s Surgical Critical Care Service and MedStar Unit at Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia, Kenneth Liegner, M.D. returned to Westchester County, home of his Alma Mater, New York Medical College, to start a private practice. Unwittingly, he had ‘plunked himself down’ in the heart of a burgeoning epidemic of Lyme disease. His patients confronted him with puzzling syndromes that defied ‘tidy’ formulations of the illness and thrust him in to a Maelstrom of medical controversy.
Lyme disease, a new poorly understood disease, emerged hand in hand with the rise ‘managed care’. Physicians caring for persons with Lyme disease, loyal to the Hippocratic Oath and serving what they saw as patients’ best medical interests, found themselves on a collision course with a new Corporate Medical Ethic dedicated to maximizing profit.
One practitioner’s work over 25 years is presented here along with correspondence with many principals in the field. Documentational in nature and not written as a narrative, the materials, nonetheless, convey the intensity of the struggle to characterize the nature of Lyme disease and the desperate fight for proper diagnosis and treatment upon the outcome of which patients’ very lives depended. The volume includes protocols useful as reference materials for patients and practitioners alike, as well as photographic images of many persons important in the history of Lyme disease.
Foreword by Pam Weintraub, Senior Editor of aeon digital magazine and author of award-winning book Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic.
Preface by Paul W. Ewald, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Louisville and author of Plague Time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease about?
Following completion of his medical training and a one-year stint as attending physician on Howard Champion’s Surgical Critical Care Service and MedStar Unit at Washington Hospital Center in the District of Columbia, Kenneth Liegner, M.D. returned to Westchester County, home of his Alma Mater, New York Medical College, to start a private practice. Unwittingly, he had ‘plunked himself down’ in the heart of a burgeoning epidemic of Lyme disease. His patients confronted him with puzzling syndromes that defied ‘tidy’ formulations of the illness and thrust him in to a Maelstrom of medical controversy.
Lyme disease, a new poorly understood disease, emerged hand in hand with the rise ‘managed care’. Physicians caring for persons with Lyme disease, loyal to the Hippocratic Oath and serving what they saw as patients’ best medical interests, found themselves on a collision course with a new Corporate Medical Ethic dedicated to maximizing profit.
One practitioner’s work over 25 years is presented here along with correspondence with many principals in the field. Documentational in nature and not written as a narrative, the materials, nonetheless, convey the intensity of the struggle to characterize the nature of Lyme disease and the desperate fight for proper diagnosis and treatment upon the outcome of which patients’ very lives depended. The volume includes protocols useful as reference materials for patients and practitioners alike, as well as photographic images of many persons important in the history of Lyme disease.
Foreword by Pam Weintraub, Senior Editor of aeon digital magazine and author of award-winning book Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic.
Preface by Paul W. Ewald, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Louisville and author of Plague Time.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease?
Medicine and Nursing > Clinical and internal medicine > Diseases and disorders > Infectious and contagious diseases
Where can I read a sample of In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781503587366
Who is/are the Author/s of the book In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease?
Kenneth B. Liegner, M.D.
Who is the Publisher of the book In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease?
Xlibris
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
In the Crucible of Chronic Lyme Disease is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781503587366) and paperback(ISBN 9781503587373) and ebook(ISBN 9781503587359)