Cover -- Half-Title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Persistence of Misery in Europe and America before 1900 -- The Dimensions of Misery during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- 2 Why the Twentieth Century Was So Remarkable -- The Relationship between Body Size and the Risk of Death at Middle and Late Ages -- The Relevance of Waaler Surfaces for Predicting Trends in Chronic Diseases -- Thermodynamic and Physiological Factors in Economic Growth -- Making Economic Sense of the Conflicts between Economic and Biomedical Measures of Inequality -- The Remarkable Reduction in Inequality during the Twentieth Century -- 3 Tragedies and Miracles in the Third World -- Changing Views of Chronic Malnutrition and of the Methods of Measuring It -- The Implications of Technophysio Evolution for the Assessment of Chronic Malnutrition -- The Problem of Perspective in an Age of Technophysio Evolution -- Accelerating Technological Change and Diffusion -- The Interdependence of Industrial Progress and Public Health in the Long Run -- Urbanization and Public Health -- Technological Progress in Food Production -- Taking Account of Technophysio Evolution in Setting Standards for Chronic Malnutrition -- The Failure to Take Account of Technophysio Evolution -- Implications for the Use of NCHS or British Standards -- Physiological Capital and the Adaptation Controversy: Implications for the Measurement of Economic Growth -- 4 Prospects for the Twenty-First Century -- The Impact of Technophysio Evolution on Work and Consumption -- Changes in Hours of Work and Use of Time -- Dismantling Standard Working Hours -- Opportunity for Self-Realization -- Prospects for Continued Decline in the Burden of Health Care -- Forecasting Trends in the Demand for Health Care Services.

Forecasting Health Care Costs in China and Other Third World Countries -- 5 Problems of Equity in Health Care -- Standards for Rationing -- Priorities for Reform -- Postscript How Long Can We Live? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Chapter 1. The Persistence of Misery in Europe and America before 1900 -- Chapter 2. Why the Twentieth Century Was So Remarkable -- Chapter 3. Tragedies and Miracles in the Third World -- Chapter 4. Prospects for the Twenty-First Century -- Chapter 5. Problems of Equity in Health Care -- Postscript: How Long Can We Live? -- Appendix -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Biographical Notes -- References -- Index.