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Adrenaline


Hoffman, Brian B.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013. 2013

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The age of autism : mercury, medicine, and a manmade epidemic


Olmsted, Dan.
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010. 2010

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American epoch : a history of the United States since the 1890's


Link, Arthur S. (Arthur Stanley), 1920-1998.
New York : Knopf, 1967. 1967

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American epoch : a history of the United States since the 1890's


Link, Arthur S. (Arthur Stanley), 1920-1998.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. 1955

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Bad blood a cautionary tale



[Arlington, Va.] : PBS : PBS Distribution, [2011] 2011

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Banking on the body : the market in blood, milk, and sperm in modern America


Swanson, Kara W., author.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014. 2014

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Blockbuster drugs : the rise and decline of the pharmaceutical industry


Li, Jie Jack, author.
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2014] 2014

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Burdens of War : Creating the United States Veterans Health System


Adler, Jessica L., 1978- author.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. 2017

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Catching cancer : the quest for its viral and bacterial causes


Cornwall, Claudia Maria.
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2013] 2013

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China in global health : past and present


Brazelton, Mary Augusta, 1986- author.
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2023] 2023

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County : life, death, and politics at Chicago's public hospital


Ansell, David, MD.
Chicago, Ill. : Academy Chicago Publishers, [2010] 2010

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Cranioklepty : grave robbing and the search for genius


Dickey, Colin.
Columbia : Unbridled Books, 2009. 2009

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The Cutter incident : how America's first polio vaccine led to the growing vaccine crisis


Offit, Paul A.
New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2005] 2005

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Deliver me from pain : anesthesia and birth in America


Wolf, Jacqueline H.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. 2009

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The devil's flu : the world's deadliest influenza epidemic and the scientific hunt for the virus tha


Davies, Pete, 1959-
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2000. 2000

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Discovering tuberculosis : a global history, 1900 to the present


McMillen, Christian W., 1969- author.
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015] 2015

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Dope : a history of performance enhancement in sports from the nineteenth century to today


Rosen, Daniel M.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008. 2008

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DSM : a history of psychiatry's bible


Horwitz, Allan V., author.
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. 2021

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Empty hands, a memoir : one woman's journey to save children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa


Ntleko, Abegail, Sister, author.
Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2015] 2015

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Ethics by committee : a history of reasoning together about medicine, science, society, and the stat


Jacobs, Noortje, author.
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022. 2022

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Fat nation : a history of obesity in America


Engel, Jonathan, author.
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018] 2018

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The fifties : an underground history


Gaines, James R., author.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022. 2022

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The fifties an underground history


Gaines, James R., author.
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2022] 2022

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Flu hunter : unlocking the secrets of a virus


Webster, Robert G., 1932- author.
Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2018. 2018

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Gaawin gindaaswin ndaawsii = I am not a number


Dupuis, Jenny Kay, author.
Toronto, ON : Second Story Press, [2019] 2019

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Generic : the unbranding of modern medicine


Greene, Jeremy A., 1974- author.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014] 2014

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Genius on the edge : the bizarre double life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted


Imber, Gerald.
New York, NY : Kaplan Pub., [2010] 2010

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Grass roots : a history of cannabis in the American West


Johnson, Nick (Nicholas Michael), 1989- author.
Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, [2017] 2017

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Gregor Mendel : planting the seeds of genetics


Mawer, Simon.
New York : Abrams, in association with the Field Museum, Chicago, 2006. 2006

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Happy accidents : serendipity in modern medical breakthroughs


Meyers, Morton A.
New York : Arcade Pub., [2007] 2007

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A higher form of killing : the secret story of chemical and biological warfare


Harris, Robert, 1957- author.
New York : Hill and Wang, [1982] 1982

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An illustrated history of Illinois public mental health services : 1847 to 2000


Mehr, Joseph, 1941-
Victoria, B.C. : Trafford, [2002] 2002

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The immortalists : Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and their daring quest to live forever


Friedman, David M., 1949-
New York : Ecco, [2007] 2007

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The impact of illness on world leaders


Park, Bert Edward, author.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. 1986

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The impatient Dr. Lange : one man's fight to end the global HIV epidemic


Yasmin, Seema, 1982- author.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. 2018

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Influenza 1918 the worst epidemic in American history



[Place of publication not identified] : PBS Home Video, 1998. 1998

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The invisible century : Einstein, Freud, and the search for hidden universes


Panek, Richard.
New York : Viking, 2004. 2004

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The invisible plague : the rise of mental illness from 1750 to the present


Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937-
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2001] 2001

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Jonas Salk : a life


Jacobs, Charlotte, author.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015] 2015

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Keep out of reach of children : Reye's syndrome, aspirin, and the politics of public health


Largent, Mark A., author.
New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2015. 2015

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Long shot : vaccines for national defense


Hoyt, Kendall, 1971-
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. 2012

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Mania : a short history of bipolar disorder


Healy, David, 1954-
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. 2008

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Mansion on a hill : the story of The Willows Maternity Sanitarium and the adoption hub of America


Parr, KelLee, author.
USA : [KelLee Parr], [2018] 2018

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Margaret Sanger : a life of passion


Baker, Jean H.
New York : Hill and Wang, 2011. 2011

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Maus : a survivor's tale


Spiegelman, Art, author.
New York : Pantheon Books, [1997] 1997

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Medicine becomes a science : 1840-1999


Kelly, Kate, 1950-
New York, NY : Facts On File, [2010] 2010

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Medicine today : 2000 to the present


Kelly, Kate, 1950-
New York, NY : Facts On File, [2010] 2010

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Microcosm : E. coli and the new science of life


Zimmer, Carl, 1966-
New York : Pantheon Books, [2008] 2008

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