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Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine

Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine

The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age

By
Julie M. Fenster
Julie M. Fenster
2003

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251 books

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Sarah
Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure
Victoria's Daughters
The Psychopath Test
Breasts a natural and unnatural history
The Pluto Files
From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

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104 books

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Sarah
Warrior Brood
Traitor to the Blood
The Jennifer Morgue
The High King's Tomb
Ghostmaker
Roadkill
Street Magic

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15 books

Nf Bio

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Sarah
The Viking in the Wheat Field: A Scientist's Struggle to Preserve the World's Harvest
Zoo story
Obsessive Genius
Newton and the Counterfeiter
Frozen: My Journey into the World of Cryonics, Deception, and Death
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Brunel: The Man Who Built the World

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67 books

Nf History

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Sarah
The story of the scrolls
The Riddle of the Labyrinth
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Defining the Wind
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island

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36 books

Nf Medicine

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Sarah
The fatal strain
The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery
What's eating you? People and Parasites
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Asleep