Medicine's Strangest Cases Extraordinary but True Tales from over Five Centuries of Medical History |
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| Author:
| O'Donnell, Michael |
| Series title: | Strangest Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84994-173-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Pavilion Books
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| Imprint: | Batsford |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $8.74 |
Book Description:
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Medicine's Strangest Cases is a choice prescription of medical oddities,
featuring an Essex man who kept getting pregnant; the physician who gave
syphilis its name by writing a poem about it; and the future Lady Hamilton's
training as a courtesan through giving lectures on healthy living. We also meet
nineteenth and twentieth century doctors whose response to people having fun
was to warn of danger - they condemned bicycling because it could...
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Medicine's Strangest Cases is a choice prescription of medical oddities,
featuring an Essex man who kept getting pregnant; the physician who gave
syphilis its name by writing a poem about it; and the future Lady Hamilton's
training as a courtesan through giving lectures on healthy living. We also meet
nineteenth and twentieth century doctors whose response to people having fun
was to warn of danger - they condemned bicycling because it could stimulate
the 'sexual system' of 'women of a certain temperament'; and protected young
men from the dread disease of masturbation by blistering their penises with
iodine (ouch!). Laugh out loud and wince in sympathy with this rundown of the
most bizarre medical cases in history.