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This nonfiction account of the worst plagues in history is shockingly funny. Wright shares the facts, but with a dark sense of humor that I loved. She is honest about her bias against certain leaders and doctors who made horrific choices. Who knew that reading about plagues could be so incredibly entertaining? Highly recommended!

“Pretending any historical age before proper indoor plumbing was a glorious epoch is a ludicrous delusion.”

Three great non-fiction books?

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (of xkcd)

A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage

“coffeehouses were hotbeds of gossip, rumor, political debate, & satirical discussion. They were also popular venues for chess & backgammon, which were regarded as morally dubious.“

No Man's Land by Wendy Moore

#tlt #ThreeListThursday

#Roll100
This is what the dice picked for me this month. We‘ll see if I manage to fit them in!

This was so interesting and eye opening. I found myself both appalled and horrified whilst at the same time unable to put the book down. Truly, a very good and educational read given the pandemic we all just went through. #nonfictionread

#sciencerelated #maymontage

This book was a fascinating listen! It describes very little about how blood works inside the body. Instead, 9 chapters focus on more external factors like blood donation vs. payment for plasma, leeches, hemophilia, HIV & Hepatitis C, blood usage in trauma care, cultural views of menstruation, menstrual products, possibilities of synthetic blood, and blood as medical treatment. It combines history and current medicine.

#nonfiction #audiobook

This book was fascinating and I‘m glad I read it. I was surprised at how much it focused on Mütter‘s medical career (which was far more accomplished than I had known!) over his collection of medical oddities, which is what I knew him for. At the beginning there‘s a focus on one, and then near the end the author explains that he‘s been collecting them all his life, but that hadn‘t really been shown. What had been shown is the evolution of…

Two for one today ?

Patient Zero is an overview of infectious diseases through history and Quackery is about their "cures" ?

They're bith very informative and easy to read.

#adventrecommends

This book is still sat on my shelves… maybe I will pick it up next month/year?
It sounds really interesting!

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Knife #Scarathlon2022 #TeamMonsterMash

I liked how the author started each chapter like a case report: patient zero, year, location, which disease, etc. The book discussed prevention and masks in addition to diseases and vaccines. Recommend for anyone interested in epidemiology.