The Medical Detectives: The Classic Collection of Award-Winning Medical Investigative Reporting (Truman Talley)

The classic collection of award-winning medical investigative reporting

What do Lymes disease in Long Island, a pig from New Jersey, and am amateur pianist have in common? All are subjects in three of 24 utterly fascinating tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons, and parasiteseach tale a thriller of medical suspense by the incomparable Berton Rouech. The best of his New Yorker articles are collected here to astound readers with intriguing tales of epidemics in Americas small towns, threats of contagion in our biggest cities, even bubonic plague in a peaceful urban park.

In each true story, local health authorities and epidemiologists race against time to find the clue to an unknown and possibly fatal disease. Sometimes a life hangs in the balance, and the culprit may be as innocuous as a bowl of oatmeal. Award-winning journalist Berton Rouech is unfailingly exact, informative, and able to keep anyone reading till dawn.