The Alarming History of Medicine: Amusing Anecdotes from Hippocrates to Heart Transplants

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Macmillan, 15‏/09‏/1997 - 256 من الصفحات
Delightfully witty and richly informative, The Alarming History of Medicine is a collection of anecdotes describing how the historical breakthroughs in medicine were really made. Using hilarious stories, based on actual facts, Richard Gordon shows that most of the monumental discoveries were originally accidents.

A must-read for hypochondriacs, doctors, medical students, and anyone fascinated by the world of medicine, The Alarming History of Medicine is clever, revealing--and all true.
 

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Hippocrates and All That
1
Man Microbes and History
15
Discoveries in the Dark
41
The Conquest of Pain
74
The Goldheaded Cane
93
The Demon Barbers
121
Sex and its Snags
143
Dead Ends
161
Odd Practices
178
Freud the English Governess and the Smell of Burnt Pudding
199
Scholars Truants and Teachers Pets
217
The Body Politic
233
One Small Step for a Man One Giant Leap for Mankind
248
References
250
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نبذة عن المؤلف (1997)

Richard Gordon is a doctor who has written over forty books on or about medicine, including the famous "Doctor in the House" series. Dr. Gordon lives in London.

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