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Howard Markel

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Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine, professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, professor of psychiatry, and director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. His books include the award- winning Quarantine! and When Germs Travel. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The New England Journal of Medicine, and The Journal of the American Medical Association. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Markel lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan."

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Average rating: 3.72 · 224 ratings · 44 reviews · 10 distinct works

	An Anatomy Of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, And The Miracle Drug Cocaine 3.78 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	When Germs Travel: Six major epidemics that have invaded America since 1900 and the fears they have unleashed 3.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Quarantine! East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892 by Howard Markel, Markel 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Practical Pediatrician: The A to Z Guide to Your Child's Health, Behavior, and Safety by Howard Markel, Frank A. Oski 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The H.L. Mencken Baby Book by Howard Markel, Frank A. Oski 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Formative Years: Children's Health in the United States, 1880-2000 by Howard Markel (Editor), Alexandra Minna Stern (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Portable Pediatrician by Howard Markel, Frank A. Oski 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The What, How, and Why of Your Child's Health by W H Freeman & Company, Howard Markel, Frank A. Oski 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	The Midnight Meal and Other Essays About Doctors, Patients, and Medicine by Jerome Lowenstein, Howard Markel, Alexandra Minna Stern 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Such elusive puzzles recall the historian's basic dilemma: the absence of evidence does not always signify evidence of absence. In the end, we will likely never know.”
― Howard Markel, An Anatomy Of Addiction: Sigmund Freud, William Halsted, And The Miracle Drug Cocaine

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