Get Well Soon by Jennifer Wright
History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
A brisk, often darkly comic exploration of deadly epidemics across history that mixes gruesome anecdotes, bizarre cures, and surprising scientific breakthroughs to show how societies have responded to contagious disease; told through the stories of patients, doctors, and reformers, it highlights human folly and ingenuity while tracing how medical advances and public-health measures slowly tamed many of the world’s most terrifying illnesses.
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- 2017
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