I snapped up this 5-hour Audible Originals freebie that's an interesting blend of medicine, history and mystery with its 'guess the person and the ailment' vibe that also has an interactive feel. There are ten mysteries to solve, each about half an hour in length, that focus on well-known historical figures. Dr. Benaroch outlines the era in which the person lived, general info about the patient and their symptoms, leaving the listener to figure out the ailment and identity of the famous patient. I guessed about half of them!
If your 'medical degree' (like mine) comes from watching seasons of E.R and Grey's Anatomy (a T.V.M.D, if you will), rest assured that the sciency aspect stays well within the 'no medical experience' comfort zone.
Engaging, educational and entertaining, I enjoyed listening to these 10 brief lectures that Benaroch narrates himself. I liked his easy-going lecture style and how he broke down the symptoms and gave a few hints, while still allowing listeners time to puzzle out the mysteries. There is a second volume and I've already downloaded it.
My Rating: 4.5 stars
Author: Roy Benaroch M.D
Type and Source: eAudiobook from Audible.ca
Narrator: Roy Benaroch M.D
Run Time: 4 hours, 49 minutes
Publisher: Audible Originals
First Published: January 21, 2020
Read: April 7-9, 2025
Book Description from GoodReads: In medical school, every patient is a teaching case - and every patient can be your teacher. For hundreds of years, medical students around the world have learned the secrets of medicine by looking at real cases, involving real people and featuring real symptoms.
But what happens when those medical cases are a mystery? How do doctors diagnose illnesses and save lives using the best knowledge they have about health and disease? What differences (and similarities) are there between the ways doctors work today and the ways they worked thousands of years ago?
In these 10 eye-opening lectures by a practicing doctor and medical educator, you’ll walk through a series of medical mystery cases ripped from history and involving well-known historical figures whose identities are nevertheless hidden from you. Every one of these cases (featuring presidents, scientists, singers, kings, and queens) requires you to use your detective skills to identify and diagnose the mystery patient just like the doctors that attended them. In the process, you’ll learn fascinating insights into medicine: both the medicine that was practiced thousands of years ago and the medicine doctors practice today.
What are the historic and modern consequences of fever? How do doctors diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease and alcoholism? How does radiation and heavy metal poisoning affect the human body? What so-called “modern” diseases were actually documented in the ancient past? Solving these mystery cases will give you a new perspective on how the human body works - and on some world-changing figures whom you’ve never viewed from a doctor’s point of view.
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