Bragg, G., & O'Malley, K. (2011). How they croaked: The awful ends of the awfully famous. New York: Walker &.
A very intriguing book about how famous and iconic people "kicked the bucket" due to a lack of medical advances. Stories about Christopher Columbus dying of Reiter's syndrome, which is a disease acquired due to living in tight quarters where bad hygiene is present, how Queen Elizabeth resisted being beheaded and would not take off her ring , despite the swelling ,and how eventually she died from pneumonia, to how Albert Einstein died due to, perhaps, a larger than normal cranium. These stories will definitely make one feel grateful about the medical advances and the simple things we take for granted such as anesthesia, medicine, lab work, and state of the art hospitals. This book is sure to delight the history buff.
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