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The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits - A True Medical Mystery (Paperback)
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The Girl Who Gave Birth to Rabbits - A True Medical Mystery (Paperback)
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This can justifiably be called history's most fascinating medical
mystery, a dark, true-life Alice in Wonderland tale with a streak
of horror. Why should we care today about a poor,
eighteenth-century girl who gave birth to monstrosities? Mary
Toft's story bears uncanny parallels with our own time and contains
perennial themes: science and superstition separated by the
flimsiest of curtains, justice and morality, crime and punishment,
and the greed and basic fears at the core of human nature. Prepare
yourself for a shattering odyssey as acclaimed polymath Clifford
Pickover takes you to the ultimate frontier of medical speculation.
With numerous illustrations, this is an engrossing and thoroughly
unique introduction to eighteenth-century science and its metaphor
for today's scientific superstitions and politics. For Mary,
conspiracies are everywhere, the line between good and evil lost,
and the consequences exceed her most unthinkable, private desires.
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