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Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
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Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
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All the Living and the Dead
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Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
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Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
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Special Cases: Natural Anomalies and Historical Monsters
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
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War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival
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Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
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The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
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A Thousand Naked Strangers: a Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
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Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted
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Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner
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The Red Market: On the Trail of the World's Organ Brokers, Bone Thieves, Blood Farmers, and Child Traffickers
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Dr. Mütter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine
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4.01 avg rating — 8,282 ratings
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Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA
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4.11 avg rating — 2,584 ratings
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Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
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4.27 avg rating — 20,439 ratings
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The Man with the Phantom Twin: Adventures in Neuroscience of the Human Brain
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4.02 avg rating — 109 ratings
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