The Strange Case of the Missing Myelin is a scientific text. The
volume of information and the rigor with which it is expounded are
determinant. It is not journalistic narrative, yet it uses language
honestly to allure and hold the interest of the reader. The author
resorts to a wide range of tools. The enigmatic chapter headings
urge the reader on to decipher their meaning. The short paragraphs
prevent fatigue. The anecdote, the diaphanous wording so quick to
offer an explanation when technical terms come up, the literary
quotes and historical or mythological footnotes, all contribute to
pleasure ful reading. And so the didactic intentions of the author
are fulfilled. The analogy with the myth of Actaeon, King of Tebas,
who was devoured by his hounds ate the wrathful orders of Diana,
strikes me as beautifully appropriate. Were the dogs unable to
recognize their master? Or was it because the goddess had covered
him with a deerhide that the dogs misdirected their aggressivity?
This is precisely the nature of the mystery to date that would
explain the antigen-antibody interrelation and the lack of
recognition of the bodys own myelinic antigens (Actaeon) by the
misdirected immune system (the dogs). Never was there a more
elegant literary portrait of the immunological conflict behind
multiple sclerosis. Prof. Eduardo Varela de Seijas (extract from
Prologue).
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