A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities: A Compendium of the Odd, the Bizarre, and the Unexpected
Bondeson, Jan
ISBN 10: 0393318923 ISBN 13: 9780393318920
Editore: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
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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 Two-Headed 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. . . . Well-researched 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
Product Description: In this study of amazing oddities, Jan Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He tells stories of spontaneous human combusion; vicious tribes of tailed men; the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal; Mary Toft, who allegedly gave birth to 17 rabbits; and Julia Pastrana, exhibted around the world as the Ape Woman. Bondenson examines the evidence and provides likely explanations for these perculiar events.
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Titolo: A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities: A ...
Casa editrice: W. W. Norton & Company
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
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