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Medical Detectives
> A Single Strand
> Body of Evidence
> Microbe Hunter
> Murder Most Harvard
> Dead Men Do Tell Tales
> The Tell-Tale Heart
> The Curious Case of the
    Incurable Epicure
> Mystery Theater
> The Case of the Discerning Doctor

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Medical Detectives
Epidemiologist John Brooks holding a magnifying glass to his eye

A Single Strand
Forensic detectives are bringing new scientific tools into the courtroom to unlock decades-old secrets.
by Phyllis L. Fagell

Body of Evidence
A physician applies his knowledge of the dead to help the living.
by Beverly Ballaro

Microbe Hunter
In chasing outbreaks around the globe, an epidemiologist encounters the sublime and the surreal.
by Beverly Ballaro

Murder Most Harvard
A brutal slaying at Harvard Medical School led to one of the world’s first applications of forensic evidence in court.
by Anthony S. Patton

Dead Men Do Tell Tales
Deciphering the encryptions of the dead requires knowing how to read a body.
by Beverly Ballaro

The Tell-Tale Heart
An infectious disease expert investigates how human attitudes and behaviors can promote—or imperil—a healthy society.
by Beverly Ballaro

The Curious Case of the Incurable Epicure
The sudden, baffling death of the grand admiral of the Dutch fleet handed a premier physician a mystery—and medical immortality.
by Anthony S. Patton

Mystery Theater
For more than a century, Harvard physicians have stepped into the clinical sleuthing arena to test their wits against some of medicine’s most perplexing cases.
by Beverly Ballaro

The Case of the Discerning Doctor
Who taught Sherlock Holmes to detect clues as subtle as a calloused thumb?
by Paula Byron

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