by Janet Chan Fans of Julia Quinn may be wondering why she is on a list of graphic medicine titles. Well, fear not dear readers, Ms. Quinn has not abandoned her signature romance genre. She has partnered with her sister, Violet Charles, to create the graphic novel, Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron, which is at heart a romance novel. What sets this graphic novel into the graphic medicine category are Ms. Butterworth’s adventures of being a survivor of a smallpox outbreak, provider of elder care, and medical detective. The story starts with the 1797 birth of Miss Butterworth in… Read More
Shot in the Arm
Book Review by Kevin Wolf A Shot in the Arm by Don Brown is a color non-fiction graphic work of vaccine development narrated by the historical figure, Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762). This work permits Ms. Montagu to be of her time during a deadly Smallpox epidemic in Europe, as well as, carrying her through our current COVID-19 times. She’s the key founder of vaccine distribution. Smallpox, being eradicated from Earth since 1977, is also one of the great success stories of vaccines. “Along with clean water and sanitation, vaccines rank as one of the greatest contributions to public health.”… Read More