The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth
And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
Thomas Morris
This historical curiosity book explores some of the strangest and most perplexing medical cases across the world, from a mysterious epidemic of dental explosions to a remarkable woman who spurted urine from every orifice. With anecdotes from seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, uncover the monuments to human stupidity and exceptional surgical ingenuity long before the advent of anesthesia. Delve into weird, hilarious remedies and miraculous recoveries from apparently terminal injuries.
Publish Date
2018-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
2018-10-18T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.79
ISBN
9781524743680
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2019-03-24T16:23:01.000Z
Body Horrors: The soldier who removed his own bladder stone, and other medical history marvels. British journalist @thomasngmorris tells the tales in his book, "The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth." – source