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Berton Roueché


Born
in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States
April 16, 1910

Died
April 28, 1994

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Berton Roueché was a medical writer who wrote for The New Yorker magazine for almost fifty years. He also wrote twenty books, including Eleven Blue Men (1954), The Incurable Wound (1958), Feral (1974), and The Medical Detectives (1980). An article he wrote for The New Yorker was made into the 1956 film Bigger Than Life, and many of the medical mysteries on the television show House were inspired by Roueché's writings. ...more

Average rating: 4.05 · 2,115 ratings · 208 reviews · 68 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Medical Detectives: The...

4.17 avg rating — 1,429 ratings — published 1980 — 18 editions
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Eleven Blue Men and Other N...

4.44 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1965 — 19 editions
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Feral

2.82 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions
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The Man Who Grew Two Breast...

3.88 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions
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The Medical Detectives Volu...

4.31 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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The Incurable Wound

4.09 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1954 — 5 editions
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The Orange Man and Other Na...

4.41 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1971
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Curiosities of Medicine: An...

4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1963
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The Cats

3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions
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Black weather

3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1957 — 6 editions
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