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Taking the Medicine

Taking the Medicine

by Druin Burch

Druin Burch's controversial argument is that, for most of human history, medicine has been a catastrophe ...

Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon

Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon

by Druin Burch

The gripping unknown story of a surgeon and his world (from grave robbers to the Prince Regent), told ...

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Druin Burch

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Druin Burch

Druin Burch, 34, studied Human Sciences at Oxford. After research in human and chimpanzee genetics, he studied medicine and has worked in hospitals across south east England. He teaches human evolution, physiology and ecology at Oxford, and writes for medical journals, the Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian. This is his first book. He lives in the Cotswolds.


Books by Druin Burch

Books: 2
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Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon

Digging Up the Dead: Uncovering the Life and Times of an Extraordinary Surgeon

by Druin Burch

The gripping unknown story of a surgeon and his world (from grave robbers to the Prince Regent), told vividly from the inside by someone who is himself a young practising physician, who gives us a real ...

Taking the Medicine

Taking the Medicine

by Druin Burch

Druin Burch's controversial argument is that, for most of human history, medicine has been a catastrophe. Over the last two thousand years doctors have killed patients far more often than they saved them ...

Books: 2
  • 1