From: pauld@exploratorium.edu
Date: Sat Jun 22 2002 - 23:37:33 PDT
Message-Id: <200206230637.g5N6bVY25646@isaac.exploratorium.edu> From: pauld@exploratorium.edu Subject: Re: pinhole summer reading on epidemics? Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 23:37:31 US/Pacific
Hi Erin
A book I truly enjoyed is about the work of the center for disease control.
The whole book is a bit long, but it is composed of articles that originally
appeared in the "New Yorker" and so each article stands alone.
You could choose a couple of articles for students.
I bet you get sucked in and read the whole book yourself, it's fascinating.
Paul D
The Medical Detectives
by Berton Roueche
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Gripping articles on epidemiology and
public health., March 21, 2001
Reviewer: Karen Sadler (see more about
me) from Freedom, Pa. USA
I brought a bunch of books home from my
office and this was one of them. I had forgotten about it, and I have just
read it again. Roueche was an excellent
journalist writing for the New Yorker. He wrote about public health starting
way back in 1944. This book is fascinating for
several reasons. Not only is it a good explanation of what epidemiologists do for
a
living (the ones who don't deal with Level 4
viruses but the everyday disasters that still happen), but it is also a great
history of
public health in the U.S. Roueche was not a
disaster monger. Rather he wrote about the men and women who literally had to
hunt
down clues about diseases, food-borne pathogens,
stupid things parents did that led to the development of child safe medicine
containers, etc. Some of these men and women put
their lives on the line, and continue to do so when there are outbreaks of
emerging diseases like Hantavirus in the Four
Corners region, dealing with increasing cases of food poisoning, and now with the
problems with prions (mad cow disease). He wrote in
such a way to give us history and details that many other writers of health
history often leave out. The information concerning
the increasing amount of rabies being seen in the U.S. was news to me...I
always thought it was native to this country, but
apparently before the 1950's it was rarely seen. The chapter on aspirin, gave
wonderful historical background, and brought
attention to the need to make children understand that any medicine, whether
flavored
or not, is not candy. This book is a good
recommendation for students in med school, for those who are interested in public
health,
and I think for high school science students to see
the practical application of what they learn. I am going to go look for more
writings of his...they are too enjoyable to miss!
Karen Sadler, Science Education, University of Pittsburgh
> Hi everyone,
> I am looking for a summer reading book for my advanced eighth grade science
> class. We will be studying the Human Body next year, and will be doing an
> integrated unit on disease with the humanities/english department. Does
> anyone have any ideas for a summer reading book on the topic of disease or
> epidemics?
>
> Thanks for the suggestions,
> Erin
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