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slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on January 17th,

2017. I'm Steve Merski. On this episode, Pastor showed that at a certain

temperature, germs die. But the notion that there are these unseen invisible microbes that can

hurt you, that can do real damage, was something American physicians had a hard time dealing with.

And that was a big problem.

That's David O'Shensky.

He's a history professor at New York University and the director of the Division of Medical

Humanities at the NYU Langone Medical Center.

In 2006, he won the Pulitzer Prize in history for his book, Holio, an American Story.

And his latest book is Bellevue,

three centuries of medicine and mayhem at America's most storied hospital.

His office is actually at Bellevue,

as the hospital is affiliated with NYU.

We met there in late December.

This book is the word, words come to mind that are usually used to describe, say,

Michner novels of multi-generational tales, dynastic families. This book is sweeping. It has an epic quality to it, which is

reflective of the institution. To me, it was a history of Bellevue, obviously. It was also a

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