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Picking up where Berton Roueche's ""The Medical Detectives"" left off, ""The Deadly Dinner Party"" presents fifteen edge-of-your-seat medical detective stories written by a practicing physician. Award-winning author Jonathan Edlow, M.D., shows the doctor as detective and the epidemiologist as elite sleuth in stories that are as gripping as the best thrillers. In these stories a notorious stomach bug turns a suburban dinner party into a disaster that almost claims its host; a diminutive woman routinely eats more than her football-playing boyfriend but continually loses weight; a young executive is diagnosed with lung cancer, yet the tumors seem to wax and wane inexplicably. Written for the lay person who wishes to better grasp how doctors decipher the myriad clues and puzzling symptoms they often encounter, each story presents a very different case where doctors must work to find the accurate diagnosis before it is too late. Edlow uses his unique ability to relate complex medical concepts in a writing style that is clear, engaging and easily understandable. The resulting stories both entertain us and teach us much about medicine, its history and the subtle interactions among pathogens, humans, and the environment.

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These interesting medical tales educate as well as entertain. -Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., author of Intern: A Doctor's Initiation -- Sandeep Jauhar

With Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman, Edlow is one of a distinguished group of literary Harvard medical professors who write lucidly about complex medical issues. . . . Edlow's stories are told with the easy grace of an accomplished writer who builds on, then hides, the depth of his research. --;i>Sydney Morning Herald<br> --Hugh Dillon Sydney Morning Herald

An intriguing collection of medical detective stories, this book both entertains and meets the general need for medical knowledge. Stephen H. Zinner, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital--Stephen H. Zinner An intriguing collection of medical 'detective' stories, this book both entertains and meets the general need for medical knowledge. --Stephen H. Zinner, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital--Stephen H. Zinner Offers mystery stories in the tradition of Berton Roueche that are every bit as exciting and illuminating as the originals. Edlow's stories are replete with information about strange medical adventures and treatments that any of us might experience one day. --Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine --Philip A. Mackowiak ?An intriguing collection of medical ?detective? stories, this book both entertains and meets the general need for medical knowledge. Stephen H. Zinner, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital -- Stephen H. Zinner ?Drama, intrigue, solid detective work are the fabric on which Edlow weaves a bountiful collection of fascinating stories. It will inform and keep you spellbound. The pulse is exciting, the thrill of discovery palpable. Masterfully written. Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., Harvard Medical School, author of Dr. Sanjiv Chopra's Liver Book -- Sanjiv Chopra ?Offers mystery stories in the tradition of Berton Rouech that are every bit as exciting and illuminating as the originals. Edlow's stories are replete with information about strange medical adventures and treatments that any of us might experience one day. Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine -- Philip A. Mackowiak ?These interesting medical tales educate as well as entertain. Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., author of Intern: A Doctor''s Initiation -- Sandeep Jauhar An intriguing collection of medical detective' stories, this book both entertains and meets the general need for medical knowledge. -Stephen H. Zinner, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Mount Auburn Hospital -- Stephen H. Zinner . . . the book flows well and is easy to read. . . .I wholeheartedly recommend this book and hope that it inspires the hidden detective in all of us. Emma Hill, Lancet --Emma Hill Lancet (03/20/2010) With Atul Gawande and Jerome Groopman, Edlow is one of a distinguished group of literary Harvard medical professors who write lucidly about complex medical issues. . . . Edlow's stories are told with the easy grace of an accomplished writer who builds on, then hides, the depth of his research. --;i>Sydney Morning Herald --Hugh Dillon Sydney Morning Herald Drama, intrigue, solid detective work are the fabric on which Edlow weaves a bountiful collection of fascinating stories.It will inform and keep you spellbound. The pulse is exciting, the thrill of discovery palpable.Masterfully written. Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., Harvard Medical School, author of Dr. Sanjiv Chopra s Liver Book Offers mystery stories in the tradition of Berton Roueche that are every bit as exciting and illuminating as the originals. Edlow s stories are replete with information about strange medical adventures and treatments that any of us might experience one day. Philip A. Mackowiak, M.D., University of Maryland School of Medicine--Philip A. Mackowiak These interesting medical tales educate as well as entertain. Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., author of Intern: A Doctor's Initiation --Sandeep Jauhar . . . the book flows well and is easy to read. . . .I wholeheartedly recommend this book and hope that it inspires the hidden detective in all of us. --Emma Hill, Lancet --Emma Hill Lancet (03/20/2010) Drama, intrigue, solid detective work are the fabric on which Edlow weaves a bountiful collection of fascinating stories. It will inform and keep you spellbound. The pulse is exciting, the thrill of discovery palpable. Masterfully written. --Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., Harvard Medical School, author of Dr. Sanjiv Chopra's Liver Book These interesting medical tales educate as well as entertain. --Sandeep Jauhar, M.D., author of Intern: A Doctor's Initiation --Sandeep Jauhar

. . . the book flows well and is easy to read. . . .I wholeheartedly recommend this book and hope that it inspires the hidden detective in all of us. Emma Hill, Lancet --Emma Hill Lancet (03/20/2010)

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Jonathan A. Edlow, M.D., F.A.C.P., is vice chair of emergency medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School. His first book, the award-winning Bull's Eye, was published by Yale University Press. He is also the author of Stroke.

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