A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities by Jan Bondeson - 1999-04-01

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New York: Norton, 1997. 250pp. Stain on fore-edge; sticker remnants bottom spine; some pages wrinkled. Illus.; endnotes. OK reading copy.. Pb. G+.

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New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, April 1999. Paper Back . Good. In this book of amazing oddities, Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine--from stories of spontaneous human combustion to vicious tribes of tailed men to the fame of Julia Pastrana, exhibited around the world as the Ape Woman. Illustrations.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 250 Pages. Minor cover edge and corner wear. Otherwise a tight, bright book with no marks or stamps and a faultless interior. The author explores unexpected, surprising, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He regales us with stories of spontanious human combustion; vicous tribes of tailed men; the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal; Mary Toft, who allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits; a 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 profices likely explanantions for these peculiar events. Jan Bondeson, a physician, holds a Ph.D. in experimental medicine and works at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London. Contents in Eleven Chapters: Spontaneous Human Combustion, The Bosom Serpent, The Riddle of the… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book has some minor surface wear. .

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W W Norton & Co Inc, 1999. Paperback. New. 250 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.75 inches.