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A lovely review of Medical London by Matt Brown over at <a href="http://network.nature.com/hubs/london/blog/2008/11/24/medical-london-the-best-book-about-london-in-years" target="_blank">Nature net</a>:

<em>I read a lot of books about London. I have shelves full of them. My personal London library is now approaching 200 books, and my wife despairs.</em>

<em> The newest addition to my collection is called Medical London. It’s also one of the finest histories of the city I’ve ever read. This is the debut from author Richard Barnett, and marks the emergence of an impressive talent. The writing flows like <del>a freshly severed artery</del> the eternal Thames, bringing a poetic touch to the realm of corpses, vomit and quackery.</em>

The good news is that Medical London will be flowing into shops as of today, so <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Medical-London-City-Diseases-Cures/dp/0955876109/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1227620476&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank">get yours</a> before it's too late.