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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In this book of amazing oddities, Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine--from stories of spontaneous human combustion to vicious tribes of tailed men to the fame of Julia Pastrana, exhibited around the world as the Ape Woman. Illustrations.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In this book of amazing oddities, Jan Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He regales us with stories of spontaneous human combustion; vicious tribes of tailed men; the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal; Mary Toft, who allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits; and Julia Pastrana, exhibited around the world as the Ape Woman. Bondeson combines an historian's skill in showing us our timeless fascination with the grotesque with a physician's diagnostic abilities, as he examines the evidence and provides likely explanations for these peculiar events. Fascinating. . . . Well-researched and extensively illustrated with items from [Bondeson's] personal collection, it covers a wide range of medical monstrosities, and there is something for everyone. -- <em>The Lancet</em> Entertaining in the simultaneously creepy and amusing way of a carnival sideshow. . . . Bondeson is quick to acknowledge absurdity, and his wry humor, along with his strong personal judgments, spice up the book. -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em> Bondeson . . . regards his exhibits with a careful scientist's eye, discovering misinterpreted evidence, tragic genetic mutations, and, occasionally, outright fraud. -- <em>Library Journal</em>

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