Macabre to the Mundane - John Parlin M.D.

Macabre to the Mundane - Death, Life and Medicine during the Early 1900's  Marquette County’s Medical History Explored The Macabre to the Mundane: Death, Life, and Medicine in Marquette County Michigan during the Early 1900’s—with Covid 2020 Updates by John Parlin, M.D. reminds me of the fat old medical books my grandmother used to own that looked like the pages were covered with blood cells. That’s just how immense this book is, and I guarantee there is something in it that will interest everyone, plus it’s physically more attractive than those old medical books It’s not a book you’ll probably want to read from cover to cover, but more like a coffee table or bathroom book to dip into and read a few pages of here and there to find what interests you While the book’s primary focus is medical events in Marquette County’s history since 1900, Parlin delivers a lot of background information about the history of medicine from ancient times. He opens with a discussion of the state of medicine