A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities Pdf

Author: Jan Bondeson
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0393318923

"Dr. Download A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities: A Compendium of the Odd, the Bizarre, and the Unexpected from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. 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. AltickIn 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 pr Search and find a lot of medical books in many category availabe for free download. A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities medical books pdf for free. 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 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 pr

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