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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine (Hardcover)
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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine (Hardcover)
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"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular Science One of Mental Floss's
Best Books of 2018 One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of
2018 * A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions... * A teenage
boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick... * A remarkable woman
who, like a human fountain, spurted urine from virtually every
orifice... These are just a few of the anecdotal gems that have
until now lain undiscovered in medical journals for centuries. This
fascinating collection of historical curiosities explores some of
the strangest cases that have perplexed doctors across the world.
From seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, from rural
Canada to a whaler in the Pacific, many are monuments to human
stupidity - such as the sailor who swallowed dozens of penknives to
amuse his shipmates, or the chemistry student who in 1850 arrived
at a hospital in New York with his penis trapped inside a bottle,
having unwisely decided to relieve himself into a vessel containing
highly reactive potassium. Others demonstrate exceptional surgical
ingenuity long before the advent of anaesthesia - such as a daring
nineteenth-century operation to remove a metal fragment from
beneath a conscious patient's heart. We also hear of the weird,
often hilarious remedies employed by physicians of yore - from
crow's vomit to port-wine enemas - the hazards of such everyday
objects as cucumbers and false teeth, and miraculous recovery from
apparently terminal injuries. Blending fascinating history with
lacerating wit, The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth will take you on
a tour of some of the funniest, strangest and most wince-inducing
corners of medical history.
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