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Howard Markel



Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, professor of psychiatry, and director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. His books include the award- winning Quarantine! and When Germs Travel. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Markel lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan." ...more

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An Anatomy of Addiction: Si...

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The Kelloggs: The Battling ...

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The Secret of Life: Rosalin...

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When Germs Travel: Six majo...

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Origin Story: The Trials of...

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Quarantine!: East European ...

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“Such elusive puzzles recall the historian's basic dilemma: the absence of evidence does not always signify evidence of absence. In the end, we will likely never know.”
Howard Markel, An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug Cocaine

“How much our society values its children can be measured by how well they are treated and protected.”
Howard Markel

“What Wilkins could not eclipse was his utterly inept relations with women.”
Howard Markel, The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix

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