A review by lieslindi
Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure That Took the Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel

This book's average rating is fairly high, so I'm giving it some leeway. The syntax is occasionally clunky and the writing needs other editing for concision and sense. For example, "native Mpongwe" suggests there were other Mpongwe living elsewhere. It was this passage that compelled my remark: “laudanum—an opiate that was a favorite of Victorian doctors, prescribed for everything from diarrhea to cholera." A little thought might have suggested that since both ailments loosen the bowel, an opiate is a reasonable treatment if not cure. A different choice of diseases would have made the point of overprescription better, like maybe cirrhosis and psoriasis.