The deadly dinner party & other medical detective stories / Jonathan A. Edlow.

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2009], ©2009.

xiii, 245 pages ; 24 cm

The deadly dinner party -- Everywhere that Mary went -- The baby and the bathwater -- Rubbed the wrong way -- The forbidden fruit -- Two ticks from Jersey -- An airtight case -- Monday morning fever -- The case of the wide-eyed boy -- A study in scarlet -- The case of the overly hot honeymoon -- Feeling his oats -- The case of the unhealthy health food -- Little Luisa's blinding headache -- Too much of a good thing.

Includes bibliographical references and index.