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The Alarming History of Medicine: Amusing Anecdotes from Hippocrates to Heart Transplants
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by Richard Gordon
Sales Rank: 162599
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
Published by: St. Martin's GriffinEdition: 1st Edition September 15, 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0312167636
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0312167639
Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 9.9 ounces
Reader Reviews
Richard Gordon is a physician, a writer and a humorist. His history of medicine is, indeed, alarming. It was not so much what wasn't known that mattered, but what physicians thought they knew and did not. The book is light and quick paced. At times I wished Gordon had quit trying to be funny and had spent a little more time expounding on his massive knowledge of medicine and its history. I am not an expert in this field, but I did make an effort to check some of his facts...and he was right on target. The book is packed with medical trivia and funny gossip (sometimes horrible gossip) about its practitioners. Much of the information is astonishing if not alarming. The book lacks an index, which is infuriating and should be forbidden in these days of computers. It does have a few pages of references. In all I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and I certainly learned a great deal of new and interesting facts, despite the author's obsession with the quick, witty phrase.
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