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First, Do No Harm true tales of medical mysteries and histories
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by Jim Murphy
Accompanied by black-and-white archival photos and drawn from first-hand accounts, a compelling true story vividly recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.
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by Bill Hayes
Honoring the 150th anniversary of the first publication of the seminal medical text, an evocative study blends historical, medical, and scientific elements as it chronicles the influential work of anatomist Henry Gray and his little-known collaborator, illustrator H. V. Carter, who together provided the first detailed study of human anatomy.
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by Molly Caldwell Crosby
Follows a group of neurologists in New York as they try to solve the worldwide epidemic of encephalitis lethargic, or sleeping sickness, the bizarre disease which left millions dead or in insane asylums between 1918 and 1927.
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by Lindsey Fitzharris
A dramatic account of how 19th-century Quaker surgeon Joseph Lister developed an antiseptic method that indelibly changed medicine, describes the practices and risks of early operating theaters as well as the belief systems of Lister's contemporaries.
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by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
A portrait of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's famous medical oddities museum describes his advocacy for clean and compassionate patient care in spite of his numerous detractors.
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The Family That Couldn't Sleep : a Medical Mystery by D. T. MaxProvides an in-depth study of the science and scientists behind the research into prions, enigmatic brain proteins, and their influence on human life, examining the case of an Italian family victimized for two centuries by a fatal familial insomnia, as well as the link between prions and kuru, Mad Cow disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other brain maladies.
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by Stephen Coss
In the story of a fateful year that prefigured the events of 1776, the lives of a colorful cast of extraordinary characters who changed the course of medical history, American journalism and colonial revolution—including Benjamin Franklin, Cotton Mather and Elisha Cooke—are examined.
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by Martin Pistorius
Describes the author's ten year ordeal of how, after suffering a bout of meningitis, he was thought to be in a vegetative state, and eventually, through the help of his family, regains his powers of communication and becomes independent.
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by Steven Johnson
A historical chronicle of Victorian London's worst cholera outbreak traces the day-by-day efforts of Dr. John Snow, who put his own life on the line in his efforts to prove his previously dismissed contagion theory about how the epidemic was spreading.
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by Morton A. Meyers
An entertaining and accessible look at the role of serendipity in major medical and scientific breakthroughs of the twentieth century explains how chance and lucky accidents led to the discovery of such medical advances as penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays, Valium, the Pap smear, and Viagra.
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by Jeremy Brown
Published on the 100th anniversary of the 1918 pandemic, a veteran ER doctor's exploration of the complex history of the flu virus also discusses modern-day influenza concerns, from flu shots to epidemic preparedness.
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by Oliver Sacks
Presents a series of stories about men and women who, representing both medical and literary oddities, raise fundamental questions about the nature of reality.
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by Erika Janik
“Astronomy was preceded by Astrology. Modern medical science was preceded by snake oil and homeopathy. … A compelling story, in graceful prose, of what happens when error, greed and fashion rule the marketplace of medical ideas.
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by Laura Spinney
Describes the enormous-scale human disaster caused by the 1918 Spanish Flu and uses the latest findings in history, virology, epidemiology, psychology and economics to show how the pandemic permanently changed global politics, race relations, medicine, religion and the arts.
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by Lydia Kang
A darkly whimsical chronicle of medicine's greatest mistakes incorporates vintage images and ads for historical cures, from morphine for colicky babies and strychnine for impotence to leeches for the common cold and liquefied gold for immortality.
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by Bill Wasik
Charts the history, science and cultural mythology of rabies, documenting how before its vaccine the disease caused fatal brain infections and sparked the creations of famous monsters including werewolves, vampires and zombies. also available as an eAudiobook.
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by Sam Kean
Discusses the history of neuroscience as described through opportunities to study the brain by those suffering from terrible misfortunes including strokes, seizures, infectious diseases, horrible accidents and lobotomies. also available as an audio CD.
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by Rachel Scott Russell Holmes
Presents an intriguing look at the life and times of Dr. James Barry, Britain's foremost military doctor, a man who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of free and enslaved Africans, women, lepers, and the poor but whose career as a flamboyant bon vivant sparked gossip, relentless enemies, and international scandal.
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by John J. Ross
Evaluates the mysterious medical conditions that plagued 10 of the English language's most heralded writers, from the possible reasons for Shakespeare's quirky handwriting and the source of John Milton's blindness to Jonathan Swift's alleged neurological problems and the alternate cause of Jack London's demise.
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