Living in the Shadow of Death, 1st Edition

A 1994 Notable Book of the Year New York Times Book Review [A] remarkable book… Elegantly composed… It is written, and splendidly so, out of compassion for victims, respect for their courage and hope that their stories will enlighten us about current afflictions. Suffering is the books’ compelling theme: not the genius of scientists but the pain and tenacity of the sick… [Rothman’s] book is invested with a modestly humane hope that the past can teach us something useful… At stake is our collective civility as much as our health. – Alan Trachtenberg New York Times Book Review [A] moving account of what is was like to live in the shadow of death. – W. F. Bynum Nature This is great reading, an illness narrative that dramatically illustrates how an exceptional, atypical life can inform historical knowledge. Boston Sunday Globe [A] graceful and lucid history. Mirabella Dr Rothman has hit a home run. Sandlot Stats: Learning Statistics with Baseball is not only a fine book to read, but a text which can also serve as an excellent resource book. – Father Gabe Costa CBC New York

Sheila M. Rothman is Research Scholar at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and Director of the Program on Human Rights and Medicine. She is author of Women’s Proper Place.