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Amazing Medical Stories
Overview
The twenty true tales in Amazing Medical Stories give a rich and entertaining picture of the ways in which medical workers (both real and fake) have used the keys to the mysterious kingdom of life: health, disease, and physical anomaly, birth, death, and post-mortem diagnosis. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to hilarity, from satisfaction of curiosity to evocation of terrible pity. Amazing Medical Stories deals with quacks and charlatans, the giants Angus McAskill and Anna Swan, the first case of antisocial personality disorder, as well as wonderous inventions and achievements by physicians.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780864923479
- ISBN-10: 0864923473
- Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
- Publish Date: April 2003
- Dimensions: 7.74 x 5.52 x 0.32 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.39 pounds
- Page Count: 128
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