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Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plagueby

David K. Randall

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That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour

That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hourby

Sunita Puri

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Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients

Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patientsby

Robert Pearl

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The Invention of Surgery

The Invention of Surgeryby

David Schneider

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When Blood Breaks Down

When Blood Breaks Down: Life Lessons from Leukemiaby

Mikkael A. Sekeres

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The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story

The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Storyby

Christie Watson

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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Edition

And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, 20th-Anniversary Editionby

Randy Shilts

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The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women

The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Womenby

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The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicine

The Medical Book: From Witch Doctors to Robot Surgeons, 250 Milestones in the History of Medicineby

Clifford A. Pickover

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Gory Details

Erika Engelhaupt

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When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon

When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeonby

Joshua D. Mezrich

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Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogens

Biography of Resistance: The Epic Battle Between People and Pathogensby

Muhammad H. Zaman

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Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Healby

Donna Jackson Nakazawa

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Under the Knife

Under the Knife: A History of Surgery in 28 Remarkable Operationsby

Arnold van de Laar

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The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science

The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Scienceby

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Patient H.M

Luke Dittrich

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The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger's

The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and Asperger'sby

Temple Grandin

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First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxiety

First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Story About Anxietyby

Sarah Wilson

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Neurotribes

Steve Silberman

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Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease

Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Diseaseby

Jason Dearen

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Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madnessby

Susannah Cahalan

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Awakenings

Oliver Sacks

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Is It All in Your Head?

Is It All in Your Head?by

Suzanne O'Sullivan

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Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive

Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Aliveby

Philipp Dettmer

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Breathless

David Quammen

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