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Diagnosing giants : solving the medical mysteries of thirteen patients who changed the world / Philip A. Mackowiak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mackowiak, Philip A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diagnosis.
- Celebrities--Diseases.
- Celebrities.
- Medicine--Case studies.
- Medicine.
- Famous Persons.
- Disease.
- History of Medicine.
- Medical Subjects:
- Diagnosis.
- Famous Persons.
- Disease.
- History of Medicine.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- 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".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199937776
- 019993777X
- OCLC:
- 822991638
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