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The Deadly Dinner Party : And Other Medical Detective Stories /

The world is filled with bizarre and fascinating ways to fall ill. A notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnose...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edlow, Jonathan A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; PART ONE: Human Meets Pathogen; 1 The Deadly Dinner Party; 2 Everywhere That Mary Went; 3 The Baby and the Bathwater; 4 Rubbed the Wrong Way; 5 The Forbidden Fruit; PART TWO: The External Environment; 6 Two Ticks from Jersey; 7 An Airtight Case; 8 Monday Morning Fever; 9 The Case of the Wide-Eyed Boy; PART THREE: The Internal Milieu; 10 A Study in Scarlet; 11 The Case of the Overly Hot Honeymoon; 12 Feeling His Oats; 13 The Case of the Unhealthy Health Food; 14 Little Luisa's Blinding Headache; 15 Too Much of a Good Thing; Sources; Index.