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Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom By Kathryn Olivarius Cover Image
$36.75
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You Bet Your Life: From Blood Transfusions to Mass Vaccination, the Long and Risky History of Medical Innovation By Paul A. Offit, MD Cover Image
$28.00
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Eve's Herbs: A History of Contraception and Abortion in the West (Religions of the World) By John M. Riddle Cover Image
$50.70
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Ten Days in a Mad-House: A Story of the Intrepid Reporter By Nellie Bly Cover Image
$7.95
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The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution By David Schneider Cover Image
$37.64
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Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice By Pam Fessler Cover Image
$28.95
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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: The Revolutionary 1805 Classic By Hannah Glasse Cover Image
$11.95
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Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School By Jim Kristofic Cover Image
$24.95
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Smallpox: The Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer By D. A. Henderson, Richard Preston (Foreword by), Phillip K. Peterson (Introduction by) Cover Image
By D. A. Henderson, Richard Preston (Foreword by), Phillip K. Peterson (Introduction by)
$19.95
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Making Medicine: Surprising Stories from the History of Drug Discovery By Keith Veronese Cover Image
$26.95
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The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Science, Deception, and the War on Vaccines By Brian Deer Cover Image
$28.00
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Ending Epidemics: A History of Escape from Contagion By Richard Conniff Cover Image
$34.95
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