Kirat ArcanusArcanusitibarenObnorskoye, Yaroslavskaya oblast', রাশিয়া, 152491
I really enjoyed this book. It has simple cases of "medical mysteries" and tracks the ways in which doctors, epidemiologists, amateur entymologists, etc., helped crack the cases. The stories were compiled in the 50's and 60's, so there is a lot of emphasis on mroe epidemiological mysteries like smallpox outbreaks or salmonella infections. What's interesting is that, even though most of the diseases he covers are common, (even ancient!), figuring out what they are can often be a herculean task. And once a disease is diagnosed, figuring out the reservoir of the infection is trickier still.