{"product_id":"a-cabinet-of-medical-curiosities-9780393318920","title":"A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities","description":"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.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Lancet\u003c\/em\u003e \"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.\" -- \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e \"Bondeson . . . regards his exhibits with a careful scientist's eye, discovering misinterpreted evidence, tragic genetic mutations, and, occasionally, outright fraud.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Bondeson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.93w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393318920","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45229792657545,"sku":"9780393318920","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_88046f03-0b6f-4278-a5b4-2332505a82fa.jpg?v=1770113208","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/a-cabinet-of-medical-curiosities-9780393318920","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}