Unveil the concealed realities that shaped the Western world’s health evolution, transitioning from an era overshadowed by the specter of infectious diseases to an epoch of prosperity, relative health, and well-being. Dive into the extended Dissolving Illusions: 10th Anniversary Edition, where you’ll explore an additional 200+ pages, over 300 new references, and even more charts that challenge traditional medical dogma. Embark on a historical saga of famine, poverty, buried and lost cures, and conflicts between individual freedoms and government mandates and laws. Explore overlooked vital statistics illustrated by easy-to-understand charts that scrutinize the impact of vaccines, antibiotics, and medical interventions on the increase in lifespan and decline of mortality from infectious diseases. Examine the concealed role of medicine in causing much injury and death over centuries.