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A greatest hits tour of death, 99 Ways to Die is a curation of all the ways you can possibly die, from hypertension to hippopotamus gouging and from altitude sickness to anthrax.

As an emergency medicine doctor, Dr. Ashely Alker has spent a career outwitting death. Drawing on stories from her life and medical practice, she takes readers on a journey through A&E that manages to be both compassionate and darkly hilarious, covering lethal agents including sex, poison, drugs, biological warfare, disease, animals, crime, the elements, and much more. Learn that the parasite of the schistosome fresh water snail caused such widespread blood in the urine that Ancient Egyptians thought it was a sign of male menstruation, Nero used to poison enemies with naturally occurring cyanide found in cherry pips, and that hippos can run at 30 miles an hour and kill 500 fisherman a year.

Dr Alker's 99 Ways to Die is shocking, laugh-out-loud funny and it might just save your life.

About the Author :
Ashely Alker, MD, MSc, is an emergency medicine physician on a mission to improve public health. While completing her master's degree, Dr. Alker studied at Harvard School of Public Health's multinational institute in Cyprus, where she lived near the United Nations Green Zone and worked in humanitarian affairs at the Unit for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. After graduating from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dr. Alker served as a healthcare advisor for a member of the US Congress.

During her residency in emergency medicine at the University of California San Diego, Dr. Alker became a technical consultant and medical screenwriter, improving medical accuracy on over twenty shows, including TV and film for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and Disney. Her nonprofit, Meaningful Media, connects writers, artists, and reporters with certified public health experts to develop scientifically accurate messaging.

You can visit Dr. Alker online at AAlkerMD.com.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781788407205
  • Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Cassell
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 384
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 153 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1788407202
  • Publisher Date: 03 Sep 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: And how to avoid them


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