Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Author : George Milbry Gould
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Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Abnormalities, Human
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Author : George Milbry Gould
Publisher :
Page : 1052 pages
File Size : 27,64 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Abnormalities, Human
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Author : R. M. Youngson
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 34,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Medicine
ISBN : 9780752535432
Author : Walter Lytle Pyle
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Page : 968 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 1901
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Author : John Timbs
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Page : 330 pages
File Size : 21,20 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Anecdotes
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Author : Jan Bondeson
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,35 MB
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1501733451
Long ago, curiosities were arranged in cabinets for display: a dried mermaid might be next to a giant's shinbone, the skeletons of conjoined twins beside an Egyptian mummy. In ten essays, Jan Bondeson brings a physician's diagnostic skills to various unexpected, gruesome, and extraordinary aspects of the history of medicine: spontaneous human combustion, colonies of snakes and frogs living in a person's stomach, kings and emperors devoured by lice, vicious tribes of tailed men, and the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal. Bondeson tells the story of Mary Toft, who gained notoriety in 1726 when she allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits. King George I, the Prince of Wales, and the court physicians attributed these monstrous births to a "maternal impression" because Mary had longed for a meal of rabbit while pregnant. Bondeson explains that the fallacy of maternal impressions, conspicuous in the novels of Goethe, Sir Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens, has ancient roots in Chinese and Babylonian manuscripts. Bondeson also presents the tragic case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman with thick hair growing over her body and a massive overgrowth of the gums that gave her a simian or ape-like appearance. Called the Ape Woman, she was exhibited all over the world. After her death in 1860, Julia's husband, who had also been her impresario, had her body mummified and continued to exhibit it throughout Europe. Bondeson tracked the mummy down and managed to diagnose Julia Pastrana's condition as the result of a rare genetic syndrome.
Author : Sibylle Scholtz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,18 MB
Release : 2023-12-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031140044
This anthology is devoted to the curious side of Medical History. Carl Sagan said: ”You have to know the past to understand the present.” This collection of 80 short stories, written by experts in the field, inspires curiosity and provides a detailed look at the History of Medicine. It investigates many topics, including ancient Egyptian knowledge, the fundamental importance of toothache and how it birthed Anesthesia, and why and when women were allowed to run marathons. The authors report on the background of rubber gloves, the stethoscope and the intraocular lens. Historically important biographies are included, such as those of Arthur Conan Doyle, Napoleon Bonaparte and Claude Monet. The book is relevant for those interested in Medicine and its curious history.
Author : John Timbs
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Page : 287 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 1873
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Author : George Milbry Gould
Publisher :
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 1898
Category : Abnormalities
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Author : George M. Gould
Publisher : Alpha Edition
Page : 1016 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 2020-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789354036460
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author : George M. Gould
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Page : 633 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 1992
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