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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of...
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- 9780552175456
- Book Title
- The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
- Publisher
- TransWorld LTD
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 198mm
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories, Humor
- Topic
- Medicine, History
- Item Width
- 127mm
- Item Weight
- 273g
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Horrible histories for adults, these gruesome, bizarre and often hilarious medical case histories trace the evolution of modern medicine and the astonishing resilience of human life, both in body and spirit! Delightfully horrifying. --Popular Science One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018 A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions. A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick... A remarkable woman who, like a human fountain, spurted urine from virtually every orifice... These are just a few of the anecdotal gems that have until now lain undiscovered in medical journals for centuries. This fascinating collection of historical curiosities explores some of the strangest cases that have perplexed doctors across the world. From seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, from rural Canada to a whaler in the Pacific, many are monuments to human stupidity - such as the sailor who swallowed dozens of penknives to amuse his shipmates, or the chemistry student who in 1850 arrived at a hospital in New York with his penis trapped inside a bottle, having unwisely decided to relieve himself into a vessel containing highly reactive potassium. Others demonstrate exceptional surgical ingenuity long before the advent of anaesthesia - such as a daring nineteenth-century operation to remove a metal fragment from beneath a conscious patient's heart. We also hear of the weird, often hilarious remedies employed by physicians of yore - from crow's vomit to port-wine enemas - the hazards of such everyday objects as cucumbers and false teeth, and miraculous recovery from apparently terminal injuries. Blending fascinating history with lacerating wit, The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth will take you on a tour of some of the funniest, strangest and most wince-inducing corners of medical history.
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TransWorld LTD
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9780552175456
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15046699794
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Book Title
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Medicine, History
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Humor
Number of Pages
400 Pages
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Item Height
198mm
Item Width
127mm
Item Weight
273g
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