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By early morning 30 June 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 the British Association for the Advancement of Science and the subject of discussion was Charles Darwin's new treatise: fact or fiction? Darwin had introduced a cogent explanation of the origin of species-how they adapted, even transmogrified, through natural selection. At ...

James Watson and Francis Crick's 1953 discovery of the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it-and why were they the ones who succeeded? In truth, the discovery of DNA's structure is the story of five towering minds in pursuit of the advancement of science, and for almost all of them, the prospect of fame and imm...

The author traces the course of the typhus and cholera epidemics that swept through New York City in 1892. The story is told from the point of view of those involved: the public health doctors who diagnosed and treated those infected, the newspaper reporters who covered the stories, the government officials who established and enforced policy, and, most importantly, the immigrants themselves who contracted the diseases"--

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Biologist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick's 1953 revelation about the double helix structure of DNA is the foundation of virtually every advance in our modern understanding of genetics and molecular biology. But how did Watson and Crick do it-and why were they the ones who succeeded? In truth, the discovery of DNA's structure is the story of a race among five scientists for advancement, fame, and immortality: Watson, Crick, Rosalind F...

A FIRST-EVER COLLECTION FROM AMERICA'S MOST DISTINGUISHED HISTORIAN OF MEDICINE AND CULTURAL LIFE From Howard Markel, author of An Anatomy of Addiction "Absorbing, vivid" - Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book Review, front page) and The Kelloggs (2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Biography), Literatim is a collection of the writer's essays on medicine, American culture, and how their intersections compose the interstiti...

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 Second World War. It is a tale of grit, controversy, faith and the emergence of the 'wellness' movement."--Abraham Verghese, author of "Cutting for Stone."e.

***2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction***"What's more American than Corn Flakes?" -Bing CrosbyFrom the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"-Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"-Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book Review, front page)-the story of America's empire builders: John and Will Kellogg. John Harvey Kellogg was o...

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The struggle against deadly microbes is endless. Diseases that have plagued human beings since ancient times still exist, new maladies like SARS make their way into the headlines, we are faced with vaccine shortages, and the threat of germ warfare has reemerged as a worldwide threat. In this riveting account, medical historian Howard Markel takes an eye-opening look at the fragility of the American public health system. He tells the distinctiv...

Markel traces the course of the typhus and cholera epidemics that swept through New York City in 1892. The story is told from the point of view of those involved--the public health doctors who diagnosed and treated the victims, the newspaper reporters who covered the stories, and the government officials who established and enforced policy.

Acclaimed medical historian Howard Markel traces the careers of two brilliant young doctors-Sigmund Freud, neurologist, and William Halsted, surgeon-showing how their powerful addictions to cocaine shaped their enormous contributions to psychology and medicine. When Freud and Halsted began their experiments with cocaine in the 1880s, neither they, nor their colleagues, had any idea of the drug's potential to dominate and endanger their lives...

***2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist for Nonfiction***"What's more American than Corn Flakes?" -Bing CrosbyFrom the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"-Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"-Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book Review, front page)-the story of America's empire builders: John and Will Kellogg. John Harvey Kellogg was o...