Looking for some advice

Tree

So I've torn something or other in my knee and will be laid up for the next week or so, yay, lucky me. On the plus side, this is the perfect time for reading some books, so does anyone have any pop med/pop biomed they'd like to recommend?

I read ray porter's blood and guts last year, which was an interesting summary of medical history (including a chapter dedicated to teh awesome laboratory scientist ).

So anything interesting, pitched at a semi-trained level, would be awesome! (ie not too basic introduction but not textbook level of tough either).

Thanks!
Tree

bleg

Sister was reading the history of cancer or some such thing, said it was great. Give it a google.

Ryder

the knife man - biography of john hunter. Fantastic

heybert

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

I really enjoyed that one

Jessibelle

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks -Rebecca Skloot
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science - Norman Doidge
The Man Who Grew Two Breasts: And Other True Tales of Medical Detection
by Berton Roueche

feel better soon