A cabinet of medical curiosities / Jan Bondeson.
A cabinet of medical curiosities / Jan Bondeson.
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Publisher
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
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N610/84
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English
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Physical content
ix, 250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Spontaneous Human Combustion -- The Bosom Serpent -- The Riddle of the Lousy Disease -- Giants in the Earth -- Apparent Death and Premature Burial -- Mary Toft, the Rabbit Breeder -- Maternal Impressions -- Tailed People -- Three Remarkable Specimens in the Hunterian Museum -- The Strange Story of J...
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Publisher
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1997.
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Bondeson also presents the tragic case of Julia Pastrana, a Mexican Indian woman with thick hair over much of her body and a massive overgrowth of the gums that gave her an apelike appearance. Called the Ape Woman, she was exhibited all over the world. After her death in 1860, Julia's husband, who had also been her impresario, had her body mummifie...
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A cabinet of medical curiosities / Jan Bondeson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N610/84
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74VMbxvlwWOl
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ISBN
0801434319 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801434310 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
610
MMS ID
991000938639702626
