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The Medical Detective

Paperback • 2007 • English

The Medical Detective

By Sandra Hempel

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About the book

In 1831, an unknown, horrifying and deadly disease from Asia swept across Continental Europe, killing millions in its path and throwing the medical profession into confusion. Cholera is a killer with little respect for class or wealth. When it arrived in Britain, its repercussions rocked Victorian England - from the filthy lanes of the Sunderland quayside and the squalid streets of Soho, to the great centres of power: the Privy Council, Whitehall and, the Royal Medical Colleges. One man - alone ...Show more

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ISBN

9781862079373

Publisher

Granta Books

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

The Medical Detective

Format

Paperback

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