Deadly Medical Mysteries: How They Were Solved
- ISBN-10
- 0595091318
- ISBN-13
- 9780595091317
- Category
- Diseases
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- iUniverse
- Author
- Dian Dincin Buchman
Description
What is more thrilling than solving an epidemic sweeping through a city? How was the boy in the jeans poisoned? How is it that Lyme disease was never ‘discovered’ until two mothers tracked it? Who started that hepatitis epidemic in a Michigan town? These are true- life mysteries, real-life medical riddles and the story of how they were solved.
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