Product Description
An attractive first printing of this substantial anthology collecting more than 150 years of landmark medical reporting from The New York Times.
Pulitzer Prize finalist and longtime science journalist Gina Kolata curates more than 120 articles chronicling the evolution of modern medicine, spanning the emergence of antibiotics, AIDS research, Alzheimer's disease, genetics, surgery, transplantation, ethics, obesity, diagnostics, influenza, and countless other milestones.
The volume also features a foreword by bestselling physician-author Abraham Verghese and contributions from many of the newspaper's distinguished medical correspondents, including Lawrence K.
Altman, Jane E.
Brody, Nicholas Wade, Denise Grady, Walter Sullivan, Harold M.
Schmeck Jr.
, and others.
Richly indexed and extensively illustrated through archival reporting, it serves equally well as a reference work and a historical survey of modern medicine.
The white textured boards remain exceptionally clean with sharp corners and a tight, square binding.
The beautifully ribbed gray endpapers are bright and unmarked, lending the volume a particularly elegant presentation.
The original translucent pictorial dust jacket - designed to reveal the caduceus artwork beneath - remains in Fine condition with no significant rubbing, tears, chips, or creasing observed.
Interior pages are crisp and clean with no writing, highlighting, or ownership markings noted.
A handsome collector-quality copy.
This is a First Edition, First Printing.
The copyright page carries a complete first-printing number line ending in 1 (2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1), confirming the book's initial printing by Sterling Publishing in 2015.
Gina Kolata (b.
1948) is one of America's foremost science and medical journalists.
A longtime correspondent for The New York Times, she has written extensively on genetics, infectious disease, epidemiology, obesity, and public health.
She is also the author of several acclaimed books, including Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and Mercies in Disguise.
Her editorial expertise makes this anthology both historically significant and highly readable.
Abraham Verghese (b.
1955) is a physician, Stanford University professor, and internationally celebrated author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water.
Known for advocating compassionate, patient-centered medicine, Verghese bridges clinical practice and literature, making his contribution to this anthology particularly fitting.
His foreword places the collection within the broader history of medicine and medical journalism.
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