Horrible histories for adults, these gruesome, bizarre and often hilarious medical case histories trace the evolution of modern medicine and the astonishing resilience of human life, both in body and spirit!
Thomas Morris worked for the BBC for seventeen years making programmes for Radio 4 and Radio 3. For five years he was the producer of In Our Time, and previously worked on Front Row, Open Book and The Film Programme. His freelance journalism has appeared in publications including The Times, The Lancet and The Cricketer. In 2015 he was awarded a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for non-fiction. He lives in London.
Delightfully horrifying. * Popular Science *
A delightful romp through a myriad of entertaining, arcane and
obscure medical anecdotes. Fascinating and entertaining... a
curious window into a vitalistic era of medical practice. -- Adrian
Woolfson * Wall Street Journal *
A witty account of bizarre medical tales from history. Read it,
weep and be very grateful for modern medicine. * Daily Express
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Blending fascinating history with cutting wit, surgical historian
Thomas Morris mines the medical journals and explores some of the
strangest cases that have perplexed doctors across the world. * Big
Issue *
A Ripley-esque collection of 'compellingly disgusting, hilarious,
or downright bizarre' medical oddities... accompanied by the
author's witty and often humorous, colloquial commentary. * Kirkus
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