Table of Contents

PREFACE to the Paperback Edition
FOREWORD by Lewis Thomas, M.D.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE
Chapter One: AN OVERVIEW
Chapter Two: DON'T TOUCH THE HEART
Chapter Three: THE PERILOUS ROUTE TO PAINLESS SURGERY
Chapter Four: THE CASE OF THE QUEASY CHEMISTS
Chapter Five: THE PASTEURIAN CLUB
Chapter Six: THE MYTH OF WALTER REED
Chapter Seven: TAMING THE GREATEST KILLERS
Chapter Eight: TOXIC SHOCKS
Chapter Nine: FUNGI-INFECTING AND HALLUCINATING
Chapter Ten: LIFETIMES OF SELF-EXPERIMENTING
Chapter Eleven: DIETARY DEPRIVATIONS
Chapter Twelve: THE RED CELL RIDDLE
Chapter Thirteen: BLACK AND BLUE AT THE FLICK OF A FEATHER
Chapter Fourteen: CANCER: CAN YOU GIVE IT TO YOURSELF?
Chapter Fifteen: CHOOSING THE RIGHT ANIMAL
NOTES
INDEX

About the Author

Lawrence K. Altman, M.D., is medical correspondent of the New York Times and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University Medical School.

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