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    Origin Story

    Howard Markel

    A lively account of how Darwin's work on natural selection transformed science and society and an investigation into the mysterious illness that plagued its author

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    The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix

    Howard Markel (University of Michigan)

    An NPR Best Book of the Year An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.

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    Origin Story

    Howard Markel

    By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University's brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of…

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    Howard Markel

    By early morning of June 30, 1860, a large crowd began to congregate in front of Oxford University's brand-new Museum of Natural History. The occasion was the annual meeting of…

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    An Anatomy of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, and the Miracle Drug, Cocaine

    Howard Markel

    The astonishing account of the decades-long cocaine use of Sigmund Freud and William Halsted. The author discusses the physical and emotional damage caused by the constant use of the then-heralded…

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    The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA’s Double Helix

    Howard Markel (University of Michigan)

    A definitive history of the race to unravel DNA’s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians.

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    Quarantine!: East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892

    Howard Markel (Director, The University of Michigan)

    At a time of renewed anti-immigrant sentiment and newly emerging infectious diseases, Quarantine! provides a historical context for considering some of the significant problems that face American society today.

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    The Kelloggs Lib/E: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

    Howard Markel

    John Harvey Kellogg was one of America’s most beloved physicians; a bestselling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of…

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    The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

    Howard Markel

    The story of the Kellogg Brothers is the story of innovation, of determination, and the creation of a giant industry as American business came of age just prior to the…

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    The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek

    Howard Markel

    The story of the Kellogg Brothers is the story of innovation, of determination, and the creation of a giant industry as American business came of age just prior to the…

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    Literatim: Essays at the Intersections of Medicine and Culture

    Howard Markel (George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Michigan)

    A FIRST-EVER COLLECTION FROM AMERICA’S MOST DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN OF MEDICINE AND CULTURAL LIFEFrom Howard Markel, author of An Anatomy of Addiction Absorbing, vivid – Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times…

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    A History of the National Academy of Medicine

    National Academy of Medicine, Edward Berkowitz, Andrea Schultz, Laura Harbold DeStefano

    Commissioned to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM; formerly the Institute of Medicine [IOM]), this volume describes the circumstances that led to the IOM's founding…

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