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University of Houston - Downtown - FALL 2010 | ||
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The Woman with a Worm in Her Head: And Other True Stories of Infectious Disease (1st Edition) by Pamela Nagami M.D., F. Gonzalez-Crussi (Foreword) Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-312-30601-6 / 0312306016 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-30601-4 / 9780312306014 A normal, healthy woman becomes host to a pork tapeworm that is burrowing into her brain and disabling her motor abilities. A handsome man contracts Chicken Pox and ends up looking like the victim of a third degree burn. A vigorous young athlete is bitten by an insect and becomes a target for flesh- |