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Bizarre medical mishaps with a humorous twist.

If you enjoy a touch of dark humor and have a curiosity for the quirks of medical history, "Great Medical Disasters" will be right up your alley. Richard Gordon, with his background in both medicine and comedy writing, gives an account that's both educational and entertaining. Imagine laughing and cringing in equal measure as you learn about the strange accidents of medical yesteryears.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Great Medical Disasters

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ISBN: 9780880290852
Authors: Richard Gordon
Publisher: Marboro Books
Date of Publication: 1986-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Personal Development, History, Science
Related Topics: World History, Medical
Goodreads rating: 3.15
(rated by 48 readers)

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Man's activities have been tainted by disaster ever since the serpent first approached Eve in the garden. And the world of medicine is no exception. In this outrageous and strangely informative book, Richard Gordon explores some of history's more bizarre medical disasters. He creates a catalogue of mishaps including anthrax bombs on Gruinard Island, destroying mosquitoes in Panama, and Mary the cook who, in 1904, inadvertently spread Typhoid across New York State. As the Bible so rightly says, 'He that sinneth before his maker, let him fall into the hands of the physician.'
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Bizarre medical mishaps with a humorous twist.

If you enjoy a touch of dark humor and have a curiosity for the quirks of medical history, "Great Medical Disasters" will be right up your alley. Richard Gordon, with his background in both medicine and comedy writing, gives an account that's both educational and entertaining. Imagine laughing and cringing in equal measure as you learn about the strange accidents of medical yesteryears.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.