Diseases, Death and Gore

 

Nagami, Pamela - Bitten: True Medical stories of Bites and Stings
(617.1 Na) Worried about those creepy spiders in your basement? From komodo dragons to spiders, Nagami presents all sorts of complications that can stem from a simple sting to a sharp bite. (P.S. Worry less about spiders and more about mosquitoes!)

Tayman, John - The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai
(614.546 Ta) An amazing tale of the infamous Hawaiian leper colony, complete with drunken riots and a shocking lack of basic necessities, but also a very human look at those exiled out of fear and misunderstanding rather than for pure medical purposes.

Barry, John M. - The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History
(614.518 Ba) From a crowded WWI army camp, influenza swept the nation and the world, ending up killing more than 50 million people. Panic and despair were only heightened by the government’s response. Chilling!

Preston, Richard - The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
(614.57 Pr) With efficient killing power, Ebola is also highly contagious. A terrifying look at how human activity may contribute to more aggressive and pervasive viruses and diseases.

El-Hai, Jack - The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness
(610.92 El) A look at the complex Dr. Walter Freeman, who performed lobotomies on psychiatric patients, often with the aid of ice pick and carpenter's hammer, set against the backdrop of changing public opinion of mental illness.

Oshinsky, David M. - Polio: An American Story
(614.549 Os) Pulitzer Prize winning near-history spins the tragic tale of the race to cure polio headed up by two very different scientists, Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin.

Hayden, Deborah - Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis
(616.9513 Ha) Did the widespread numbers of those who suffered from syphilis in the late 19th century include some of the most famous people of the time? Also includes extensive look at the psychological effects of the disease.

Hooper, Edward - The River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
(614.5993 Ho) Clocking in at over one thousand pages, this very readable book extensively covers the development of HIV in humans. Hooper’s work is important not only for the medical and physiological insights, but also how to stop this from happening again.

Bown, Stephen - Scurvy: How a Surgeon, a Mariner, and a Gentleman Solved the Greatest Medical Mystery of the Age of Sail
(616.394 Bo) Amazingly how the cure for scurvy was discovered and lost again, complete with astounding loss of life numbers, and information on how the disease wrecks havoc on the body and maybe saved Britain from invasion.

Roach, Mary - Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
(611 Ro) Simultaneously gory, funny, informative, and respectful, this book covers many aspects of what happens to your body after death.

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