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Author Mukherjee, Siddhartha.

Title The emperor of all maladies : a biography of cancer / Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Publication Info. New York : Scribner, [2010]
©2010
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1610778~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  616.9944 MUK    AVAILABLE
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  616.9944 MUK    DUE 05-24-24
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Description xiv, 571 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 537-541) and index.
Contents "Of blacke cholor, without boyling" -- An impatient war -- "Will you turn me out if I can't get better?" -- Prevention is the cure -- "A distorted version of our normal selves" -- The fruits of long endeavors -- Atossa's war.
Summary A magnificently written "biography" of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it.
Subject Cancer -- History.
Leukemia -- History.
Genre NonFiction.
Health, Mind and Body.
Medical.
Science.
Sociological.
ISBN 9781439170915 (pbk.)
1439170916 (pbk.)
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