The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine
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Narrated by:
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Rupert Farley
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Thomas Morris
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By:
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Thomas Morris
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris, read by Thomas Morris and Rupert Farley.
· 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 Pacific, many are monuments to human stupidity – such as the sailor who swallowed dozens of penknives to amuse his shipmates, or the chemistry student who in 1850 arrived at a hospital in New York with his penis trapped inside a bottle, having unwisely decided to relieve himself into a vessel containing highly reactive potassium. Others demonstrate exceptional surgical ingenuity long before the advent of anaesthesia – such as a daring nineteenth-century operation to remove a metal fragment from beneath a conscious patient’s heart. We also hear of the weird, often hilarious remedies employed by physicians of yore – from crow’s vomit to port-wine enemas – the hazards of such everyday objects as cucumbers and false teeth, and miraculous recovery from apparently terminal injuries.
Blending fascinating history with lacerating wit, The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth will take you on a tour of some of the funniest, strangest and most wince-inducing corners of medical history.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2021
Interesting and entertaining
A fantastic review of medical cases. Each and every case is both interesting and entertaining!
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- Miss Amy V
- 17-03-2019
Absolutely loved it!!
Well researched and full of humour. I enjoyed every gory part. Definitely worth the purchase.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-04-2020
Interesting tales throughout history.
This is one of the funniest books of tales throughout history that I have ever listened to. Some of the stories bought tears to my eyes with laughter whereas others made my eyes go wide with the horrible scenes they conjured. I would definitely recommend this to anyone. I will even be listening to it again myself.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-2019
Enjoyable
Enjoyable, light hearted, short stories. The narrator/reader instilled a little humour along the way which made me smile
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- Anonymous User
- 19-05-2021
Couldn't stop listening.
Absolutely fascinating and both narrators had a pleasant voice to listen to. 10/10 would recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-2024
Incredibly interesting and entertaining
I really loved the stories and how they were told. They were all fascinating and entertaining. The comments and side notes were both informative and amusing. The narrators voice was nice and easy to listen to. I really loved this book and will definitely listen to it again!
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- Joeline Baker-Lang
- 03-07-2019
starts out intriguing
but then all the cases start sounding the same. couldn't finish it on the end because it got boring
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