Ep 116 It's never lupus (except this time)
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The Evolution of Autoimmunity
Autoimmunity grew from a fringe and controversial idea of research in the early 20th century to a popular, highly funded and productive field unto itself by the middle of the century. The discovery of the L.E. cell marked systemic lupus erythematosis as the latest disease found to have an autoimmune basis. In some ways, the post-war enthusiasm for autoimmune diseases kind of mirrored that of the early years of germ theory. Now it's like every disease that we don't know has a cause is autoimmune.
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