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Mere Mortals

by C. MacLaurin

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An Australian physician returns, after Post Mortem, to the medical histories of famous people. He studies Dr Johnson, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary Tudor, Charles II and others, reading the old accounts of their illnesses and deaths, and explaining symptoms once blamed on poison.

Readable medical detective work for anyone who enjoys history from an unusual angle. Download the free EPUB.

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