The Woman With a Worm in Her Head

A leading authority on infectious diseases presents a compelling, provocative account of the various patients she has encountered and treated, from a woman who ate a salad containing a worm that eventually burrowed into her brain to a brutal case of the chicken pox, sharing her experiences and revealing how it feels to make medical and ethical decisions that can mean the difference between life and death. Originally published as Maneater. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.