Penguin Random House South Africa
Categories: History, International Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Adult, Coming Soon!
ISBN: 9780552175456
Published: November 2019
Imprint: Corgi
Page Extent: 400
Format: Paperback
RRP 295.00
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
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"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular Science
One of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018
One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018
· A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions...
· A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick...
· A remarkable woman who, like a human fountain, spurted urine from virtually every orifice...
These are just a few of the anecdotal gems that have until now lain undiscovered in medical journals for centuries. This fascinating collection of historical curiosities explores some of the strangest cases that have perplexed doctors across the world.
From seventeenth-century Holland to Tsarist Russia, from rural Canada to a whaler in the...