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Publication
Metro Books (2013), 255 pages
Description
Essays on 50 key diseases, plagues and epidemics function both as self contained mini histories of individual diseases and as part of a larger narrative chronicling the history of medicine. Includes timelines, boxed features on significant medical breakthroughs, fascinating case histories, anecdotes and medical curiosities. Contains 150 color photographs.
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LibraryThing member Brightman
excellent summary history
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255 p.
ISBN
1435151666 / 9781435151666