Profiles in Medical History: Volume I
Editorial Reviews
Dean S. Edell, M.D. Medical Journalist
An absolutely fascinating account of how the course of history has turned on men's battles with disease.
Book Description
What would the world be like if a mutant gene had not passed on hemophilia to the progeny of England's Queen Victoria? How would the world be different if Cesare Borgia had not been plagued by syphilis? Would the art of poetry have been different if tuberculosis had not snuffed the young life of John Keats? Could additional discoveries have been made in the worlds of chemistry and physics if leukemia had not taken the life of one of the greatest scientists of modern history, Marie Curie?
The lives of many individuals have been touched over the history of the world by many diseases--smallpox, the Black Death, giantism, scurvy--but when these illnesses take the lives of great thinkers or leaders of nations, one cannot help but wonder how the world around us would be different today if it were not for the cold touch of the Reaper.
Profiles in Medical History: Volume I is a detailed, historically accurate, and extremely entertaining set of vignettes by author Glen M. Bruss which explores how some of the major diseases of antiquity through the present day have affected the lives of the people living in those times and impacted the world by the taking of certain renowned figures. The diseases themselves are explained, as well as how, if possible, they were brought under control.
Profiles in Medical History: Volume I
Profiles in Medical History: Volume I,Glen M. Bruss,Dorrance Pub Co,0805942157,Biography & Autobiography,Medical,Medical - General,Medicine (General),Biography,Medicine--History
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