Diagnosing giants, solving the medical mysteries of thirteen patients who changed the world, Philip A. Mackowiak
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Creator
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Subject
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- Medicine + History
- History of Medicine
- Célébrités
- disease
- Diseases
- Medizin
- Celebrities + Diseases
- Diagnosis
- Medicine -- Case studies
- Célébrités + Maladies
- Krankengeschichte
- Famous Persons
- Diagnostik
- Médecine -- Études de cas
- Maladies
- Patient
- Disease
- Case studies
- Études de cas
- Diagnostics
- illness
- Médecine + Histoire
- diagnosis
- Celebrities
- history of medicine
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Diagnosing giants, solving the medical mysteries of thirteen patients who changed the world, Philip A. Mackowiak
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Diagnosing giants
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
822991638
Responsibility statement
Philip A. Mackowiak
Sub title
solving the medical mysteries of thirteen patients who changed the world
Summary
Mackowiak traces the history of medicine through the illnesses of some of the most influential figures of the past. The diseases suffered by these figures had profound effects on their lives and their legacies
Table of contents
Mummy's curse -- A last repast -- Little boots -- Noble enemy -- "Interred at the least possible expense" -- El sordo -- A medical labyrinth -- Old Jack -- Mortal wound -- Voyage to invalidism -- Vessels of stone -- Fatal zest for living -- "Too busy to be sick."
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