The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine -

Thomas Morris

Transworld Publishers Ltd

2019

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-13: 9780593080344

"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 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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5 (Perfeito)

O ministério da saúde adverte: tá passada?

Que livro incrível! Sou até suspeita pra falar porque amo tudo relacionado a medicina.
São 50 casos divididos por temas. Cada um bem assustador, engraçado e até surreal.

Bom mesmo é que tem tipo um "narrador" que é o Thomas Morris o autor que explica logo no começo do livro pq ele decidiu contar essas histórias. Particularmente achei ele perfeito, sempre tinha uma boa dose de humor para compartilhar.
É uma leitura que super recomendo. Interessante, inteligente e muito divertida.

Fiquei passada com muita coisa, E ainda bem que no século 21 a medicina já é algo bem mais avançado. Pelo menos existe a anestesia, e os médicos tem mais conhecimento no que estão fazendo, sem curas milagrosas, nem enfia coisas no furico de alguém kkkk

(Quem já leu o livro sabe o que tô falando) 😂