The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and BuyFrom alchemy to wellness culture, from antisemitism to disposable plastic, a gripping account of how getting sick has shaped humanity. Anti science, anti vaccine, anti reason beliefs seem to be triumphing over common sense today. How did we get here? The Great Shadow brings a huge missing piece to this puzzlethe experience of actually being ill. What did it feel like to be a woman or man struggling with illness in ancient times, in the Middle Ages, in

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