Medical & health sciences: reading challenge 2022 - hosted by marianneiriss

A book about the history of medicine or a biography of an important figure in the history of medicine
Examples:
The Knife Man- Wendy Moore
The Butchering Art- Lindsey Fitzharris
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The Mosquito Crusades: A History of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day by Gordon M. Patterson
The Mosquito Crusades: A History of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day
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Gordon M. Patterson

The Mosquito Crusades: A History of the American Anti-Mosquito Movement from the Reed Commission to the First Earth Day

Gordon M. Patterson

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions) user-added

nonfiction health history nature science informative medium-paced
Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases by Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

Patient Zero: A Curious History of the World's Worst Diseases

Nate Pedersen, Lydia Kang

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history nature science emotional informative fast-paced
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee

532 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction health history science informative slow-paced
What Is Wrong with Jung? by Don McGowan

What Is Wrong with Jung?

Don McGowan

219 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction psychology informative reflective medium-paced
Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes

Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me

Bill Hayes

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Gene: An Intimate History

Siddhartha Mukherjee

608 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson

Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

Jan Bondeson

320 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

Thomas Morris

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark informative reflective medium-paced
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