Get Well Soon

A humorous book about history s worst plagues from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio and the heroes who fought themIn 1518, in a small town in France, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn t stop She danced herself to her death six days later, and soon thirty four villagers joined her Then In a month than 400 people had died from the mysterious dancing plague In late nineteenth century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure And in turn of the century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary and led to historic medical breakthroughs.Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the plagues they ve suffered from Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues in human history, as well as stories of the heroic figures who fought to ease their suffering With her signature mix of in depth research and upbeat storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history s most gripping and deadly outbreaks. Read Get Well Soon Author Jennifer Wright – kino-fada.fr Look I m quite fond of it Five stars out of five, like Dorothy Parker and Oliver Sacks had a word baby I also wrote it, but am definitely not biased.Reading a book on plagues may not be everyone s idea of a pleasurable way to spend their reading time, but that is exactly what I did While I can t say it was pleasurable, it was certainly intriguing and informative Plagues, many times changed the course of history, were used in our nursery rhymes , illnesses, like tuberculosis and EL were prevalent in art and literature Many artists painted pictures of women dying from consumption, painting them as ethereal and haunting, thought beautiful at Reading a book on plagues may not be everyone s idea of a pleasurable way to spend their reading time, but that is exactly what I did While I can t say it was pleasurable, it was certainly intriguing and informative Plagues, many times changed the course of history, were used in our nursery rhymes , illnesses, like tuberculosis and EL were prevalent in art and literature Many artists painted pictures of women dying from consumption, painting them as ethereal and haunting, thought beautiful at the time Dying of consumption as it was known then was anything but...5 StarsNo one isshocked than I for thoroughly enjoying this because I don t even come close to being a history buff nor even the occasional dabbler in various such things.To put it succinctly, the real terror is the devastation disease can wreak on the human population, and this highlights some really truly scary awful times and what we...So, those of you who know me are probably not at all surprised that I read or loved this book I love some interesting sciencey nonfiction, whether it s where we come from, how we live and think and behave, things that kill us this is one of those or what happens to us after we re dead, I likes them And I ...I love a good disease book Unfortunately, this isn t one Want to know why Written in short, declarative sentences, with ample misplaced exclamations , too many self referential I sentences, dated pop culture references and sophomoric efforts at humor, it reads like Well, a sopho s effort at a book report Which is to say it is actually not readable at all Too bad, especially given that it s clear Wright did a ton of research on these topics If only the maturity of the research ef I love a good disease book...Great book to start the year on 5 stars Should be required reading for every vaccine denier, religious zealot, general hater of anyone with a different lifestyle, or any combination thereof Wright pulls no punches and has great hopes for mankind Look at history peop...The purpose of this book is not to scare you Instead, like all good books, it is intended to distract you from the screaming baby one aisle over from the airplane where you are currently trapped for the next five hours This book was a blast The history is fun and engaging and crazy Did you know that the crazy anti plague beak doctor costumes kind of worked I didn t And the author s commentary is brash and opinionated and purely entertaining The Antonine plague apparently Galen was a The purpose of this book is not to scare you Inst...Touches forehead Do I feel hot Am I running a fever I m running a fever, aren t I Is that a spot Is this a lump a buboe I must be dyingHypochondriacs will just LOVE this dark, fascinating, terrifying and often hilarious read You feel like shit for thinking it s hilarious but gallows humor serves a certain purpose Also, it was meticulously researched out the wazoo the book ends at 75% and the rest is footnotes and annotations Yay, footnotes and annotations I felt personal connecti Touches forehead Do I feel hot Am I running a fever I m running a fever, aren t I Is that a spot Is this a lump a buboe I must be dyingHypochondriacs will just LOVE this dark, fascinating, terrifying and often hilarious read You feel like shit for thinking it s hilarious but gallows humor serves a certain purpose Also, it was meticulously researched out the wazoo the book ends at 75% and the rest is footnotes and annotations Yay, footnotes and annotations I felt personal connections to a lot of the chapters My great grandparents were separated a little while They decided to reconcile but then my great grandfather was diagnosed with syphilis His mother in law...I have for a long time been interested in plagues both their causes and results For instance the Black Death was largely spread by the fleas from the ubiquitous rats in the cities Just one odd fact I came across before I read this book was that since cats were regarded as evil the people in London and other European cities ran around killing catsthus helping the spread of rats.Here Ms Wright does her best to tell the story of several plagues down through history While she never belittles I have for a long time been interested in plagues both their causes and results For instance the Black Death was largely spread by the fleas from the ubiquitous rats in the cities Just one odd fact I came across before I read this book was that since cats were regarded as evil the people in London and other European cities ran around killing catsthus helping the spread of rats.Here Ms Wright does her best to tell the story of several plagues down through history While she never belittles the horror here or makes light of the death she does try to keep a certain lightness in the telling itself I mean like firemen, ENTs, police and combat troops the only way deal with this kind of horror is often with a kind of dark humor.Looking at most plagues since the Black Death and up to but not covering the Aids epidemic she does comment on Aids but doesn t go on...AUDIO READ 5 Absolutely fascinating Everything is covered from leprosy to lobotomy Not only are the causes discussed, but also we hear about the conquerors of the horrid diseases that, believe it or not, do not all exist solely in the past I recommend the audio book the narrator i...

• English
• 26 July 2018
Jennifer Wright
• Hardcover
• 336 pages
• 1627797467
• Jennifer Wright
• Get Well Soon