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The Medical Detectives: The Classic Collection of Award-Winning Medical Investigative Reporting (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780452265882)
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xThe classic collection of award-winning medical investigative reporting.
What do Lyme's disease in Long Island, a pig from New Jersey, and am amateur pianist have in common? All are subjects in three of 24 utterly fascinating tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons, and parasites--each tale a thriller of medical suspense by the incomparable Berton Rouech . The best of his New Yorker articles are collected here to astound readers with intriguing tales of epidemics in America's small towns, threats of contagion in our biggest cities, even bubonic plague in a peaceful urban park. In each true story, local health authorities and epidemiologists race against time to find the clue to an unknown and possibly fatal disease. Sometimes a life hangs in the balance, and the culprit may be as innocuous as a bowl of oatmeal. Award-winning journalist Berton Rouech is unfailingly exact, informative, and able to keep anyone reading till dawn.
Author: Berton Roueche
ISBN-10: 0452265886
ISBN-13: 9780452265882
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 03/30/1991
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.36w x 0.95d
What do Lyme's disease in Long Island, a pig from New Jersey, and am amateur pianist have in common? All are subjects in three of 24 utterly fascinating tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons, and parasites--each tale a thriller of medical suspense by the incomparable Berton Rouech . The best of his New Yorker articles are collected here to astound readers with intriguing tales of epidemics in America's small towns, threats of contagion in our biggest cities, even bubonic plague in a peaceful urban park. In each true story, local health authorities and epidemiologists race against time to find the clue to an unknown and possibly fatal disease. Sometimes a life hangs in the balance, and the culprit may be as innocuous as a bowl of oatmeal. Award-winning journalist Berton Rouech is unfailingly exact, informative, and able to keep anyone reading till dawn.
Author: Berton Roueche
ISBN-10: 0452265886
ISBN-13: 9780452265882
Publisher: Plume Books
Language: English
Published: 03/30/1991
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.36w x 0.95d
By Berton Roueche
xBERTON ROUECHﾉ joined the staff of The New Yorker in 1944. His "Annals of Medicine" department and his stature as a medical journalist have been recognized by numerous awards, including those from the Lasker Foundation and the American Medical Association. He lived and worked in Amagansett, Long Island, for many years, and died, at age 83, in 1994.
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