LibGuides: Whole Person Collection & Leisure Reading Collection: Biography

Biography

Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine by Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
Call Number: RD27.35.M88 A68 2015

ISBN: 9781592409259

Publication Date: 2015

Dr. Mutter founded the museum of medical oddities, and Aptowicz chronicles the ways Mutter's discoveries revolutionized American surgery.
The Inkblots: Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing by Damion Searls
Call Number: RC438.6.R667 S43 2017

ISBN: 9780804136563

Publication Date: 2017

Searls brings back unpublished letters and diaries written by psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach, who experimented with probing the human mind.
The Strange Case of Dr. Couney: How a Mysterious European Showman Saved Thousands of American Babies by Dawn Raffel
Call Number: RJ250 .R355 2018

ISBN: 9780399175749

Publication Date: 2018

Raffel shares the story of Couney's beginnings with a carnival career into a doctor revolutionizing neonatal care.
Dr. Benjamin Rush: The Founding Father Who Healed a Wounded Nation by Harlow Giles Unger
Call Number: E302.6.R85 U55 2018

ISBN: 9780306824326

Publication Date: 2018

Unger's biography helps to place Benjamin rush as the Founding Father of modern American medical care.
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery by Henry Marsh
Call Number: RD592.8 .M37 2016

ISBN: 9781250090133

Publication Date: 2016

Henry Marsh, a neurosurgeon, shares the stories of fellow surgeons and their battle with medical triumphs and disasters.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Call Number: HD9995.H423 U627 2018

ISBN: 9781524731656

Publication Date: 2018

This shares the story of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and how she scammed investors, FDA officials, the medical community, and the American people.
Good Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough that Saved Millions of Babies by Julian Guthrie
Call Number: RJ 270 .G87 2020

ISBN: 9781419743313

Publication Date: 2020

This biography shares the tale of the race to cure Rh disease, and the lives that become intertwined in the process.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate H. Moore
Call Number: HD6067.2.U6 M66 2018

ISBN: 9781492650959

Publication Date: 2018

This biography explores the astonishing legacy left behind by the women working in radium-dial factories during World War I.
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
Call Number: RD27.35.L57 F58 2017

ISBN: 9780374117290

Publication Date: 2017

Fitzharris shares the world of surgery during the nineteenth-century.
A Song for Nagasaki by Paul Glynn
Call Number: BX4668.N29 G49 2009

ISBN: 9781586173432

Publication Date: 2009

Author Glynn shares the story of Takashi Nagai, a professor of radiology, who is a survivor of the atomic bombing, and his spiritual journey.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Call Number: RC265.6.L24 S55 2011

ISBN: 9781400052189

Publication Date: 2011

This is the story of how a woman's cells being taken without her knowledge became one of the most important tools in medicine.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: RC275 .M85 2011

ISBN: 9781439107959

Publication Date: 2011

The biography of cancer starts from its origins to the struggle to cure and control it.
The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death by Susan Pories, MD, Sachin H. Jain, & Gordon Harper, MD
Call Number: R747.H28 S68 2006 1ST ED.

ISBN: 9781565125070

Publication Date: 2006

This biography shares the voices of third-year students as they transition from university to dealing with real people and their medical needs.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
Call Number: R154.F36 K53 2009

ISBN: 9780812980554

Publication Date: 2009

This biography traces the life of Farmer, who led a mission to provide medical care to countries with the most vulnerable populations, including Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia.