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A Cabinet Of Medical Curiosities: A Compendium Of The Odd, The Bizarre, And The Unexpected
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Dr. Bondeson Dissects A Dozen . . . Examples Of Human Credulity With The Scalpel Of A Forensic Historian, And The Result Is A Colorful Collection Of True Detective Stories. Richard D. Altick In This Book Of Amazing Oddities, Jan Bondeson Explores Unexpected, Gruesome, And Bizarre Aspects Of The History Of Medicine. He Regales Us With Stories Of Spontaneous Human Combustion; Vicious Tribes Of Tailed Men; The Twoheaded Boy Of Bengal; Mary Toft, Who Allegedly Gave Birth To Seventeen Rabbits; And Julia Pastrana, Exhibited Around The World As The Ape Woman. Bondeson Combines An Historian'S Skill In Showing Us Our Timeless Fascination With The Grotesque With A Physician'S Diagnostic Abilities, As He Examines The Evidence And Provides Likely Explanations For These Peculiar Events. Fascinating. . . . Wellresearched And Extensively Illustrated With Items From [Bondeson'S] Personal Collection, It Covers A Wide Range Of Medical Monstrosities, And There Is Something For Everyone. The Lancet Entertaining In The Simultaneously Creepy And Amusing Way Of A Carnival Sideshow. . . . Bondeson Is Quick To Acknowledge Absurdity, And His Wry Humor, Along With His Strong Personal Judgments, Spice Up The Book. Publishers Weekly Bondeson . . . Regards His Exhibits With A Careful Scientist'S Eye, Discovering Misinterpreted Evidence, Tragic Genetic Mutations, And, Occasionally, Outright Fraud. Library Journal Ilustrations
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