The Medical Detectives
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Here are 22 of the most bizarre, puzzling, and startling cases from famed medical journalist Berton Roueche's "Annals of Medicine" articles. Among them: A woman's existence becomes terrifying when her vision is distorted, floors shake, buildings sway ominously-- yet all test show her essentially normal. The owner of a pizza parlor says everything smells and tastes like "garbage"-- then the National Institute of Health finds a clue.
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