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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616.09 EAN: 9780452265882 ISBN: 0452265886 Label: Plume Manufacturer: Plume Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: March 30, 1991 Publisher: Plume Studio: Plume Related Items:
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 Rating: - Deadly fogs, horrible diseases, and brilliant medical detectives Berton Roueché wrote for the "New Yorker" magazine for almost half a century, and was winner of the 1950 Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award. His many volumes on physicians and medical detectives, including this book, were collected from his articles in the "New Yorker." "The Medical Detectives" volume II is great bedtime reading, because the good guys, i.e. physicians and epidemiologists always get their villain (whether it's a germ, poison gas, or a disgruntled boyfriend). Volume ... Read More Rating: - Recommended by Experts to Medical StudentsThis book was recommended as a gift to a pre-med student. She was excited to receive this as it dove-tailed with a course she is currently taking. Rating: - "House" without the snarkThis "classic collection of award-winning medical investigative reporting", published in 1988, is an excellent book. Each of the 25 case studies originally appeared as an "Annals of medicine" piece in the New Yorker, and there's not a dud in the bunch. Most of the cases happened in the 1950's or 1960's, when sophisticated, CSI-era analytical techniques were unavailable. Nonetheless, there is no sense that these stories are dated. Roueche is a natural storyteller and has the rare ability ... Read More Rating: - Awesome!This book is amazing! I love it and recommend it to my friends. The author formerly wrote for a New York magazine, and his stories cover decades. It is interesting to see how some diseases such as Lyme's first became known and how the tools available to the medical profession have both changed and some have remained the same. Read it, you will love it! Rating: - Wonderful Book!I was given this book by one of the epidemiologists that was featured in the book. He had great respect for Roueche and loves his articles. I think these stories a very well written and really hold your attention. They also give you a good history of diseases and conditions. Great book! 
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