num_pages: 432
description: This is a classic collection of 25 true narratives of medical investigative reporting by award-winning journalist Berton Roueché. Readers of "The New Yorker" may be familiar with the author's suspenseful tales of strange illnesses, rare diseases, poisons and parasites.
language: English
title: The Medical Detectives: The Classic Collection of Award-Winning Medical Investigative Reporting
titlecomplete: The Medical Detectives: The Classic Collection of Award-Winning Medical Investigative Reporting (Truman Talley)
genres: Medical, History, Mystery, Short Stories, Science, Medicine, Health, Essays, Nonfiction, True Crime
ratings_count: 1378
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Science (Paperback)
publisher: Plume