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The Medical Detectives: The Classic Collection of Award-Winning Medical Investigative Reporting
What do Lyme's disease in Long Island, a pig from New Jersey, and an amateur pianist have in common? All are subjects in three of 25 utterly fascinating tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons, and parasites - each tale a thriller of medical suspense by the incomparable Berton Roueche'. Roueche's true narratives have long been favorites for readers of "The New Yorker." Now the best of these articles are collected here to astound new readers with intriguing tales of epidemics in Americas small towns, threats of contagion in our biggest cities, even bubonic plague in a peaceful urban park.
Book Details
- Publisher: Plume Books
- Publish Date: Mar 30th, 1991
- Pages: 432
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.44in - 5.36in - 0.95in - 0.86lb
- EAN: 9780452265882
- Recommended age: 18-UP
- Categories: • History
About the Author
BERTON ROUECHÉ 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.
Praise for this book
"Berton Roueché's 'Annals of Medicine' pieces enriched us for well over a quarter of a century. They have become classics in a genre he himself created single-handedly."--The American Academy and Institute of Arts & Letters
"Roueché's writings have become unofficial textbooks for medical students, interns, practitioners, scientists, and for that matter anyone interested in human illness. They are engrossing, instructive, accurate, and marvelous fun to read, and the present collection represents Roueché at his best."--Lewis Thomas, MD, author of The Lives of a Cell and The Medusa and the Snail