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Druin Burch, 34, studied Human Sciences at Oxford. After research in human and chimpanzee genetics, he studied medicine and has worked in hospitals across south east England. He teaches human evolution, physiology and ecology at Oxford, and writes for medical journals, the Times Literary Supplement and The Guardian. Burch is author of Digging up the Dead and Taking the Medicine.

Books by Druin Burch

Taking the Medicine

The history of medicine is a catastrophe, according to Druin Burch, with doctors having killed patients more often than cured them. This book is about how little and how much has changed and about our understanding of the medical drugs of modern Europe and America.

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Digging Up the Dead

The gripping unknown story of a surgeon and his world (from grave robbers to the Prince Regent), told vividly from the inside.

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