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A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities
A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities
Author: Jan Bondeson
In 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 wo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393318920
ISBN-10: 0393318923
Publication Date: 4/1/1999
Pages: 250
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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