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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." - The Lancet "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." - Publishers Weekly "Bondeson ...regards his exhibits with a careful scientist's eye, discovering misinterpreted evidence, tragic genetic mutations, and, occasionally, outright fraud." - Library Journal

Get ready every Futurama and Matt Groening fan, here comes Futurama o rama, the very FIRST comic compilation based on the Emmy nominated television show Futurama. It's a long way from making a pizza delivery on New Year's Eve to the bustling cityscape of New York in the 31st century, but for Phillip J. Fry it only took one little cryogenically frozen nap. Waking up in a future imagined by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Fry finds a job at an interplanetary messenger service and falls in with Leela, a sexy one eyed space orphan, and Bender, an alcoholic misanthropic robot programmed to bend A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities download ebook things. Blast off with this all new Futurama comics collection, and leap feet first into a fun filled future! " With its piercing and convincing analysis, Retribution is a brilliant telling of an epic conflict from a master military historian at the height of his powers.

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Author: Jan Bondeson
Number of Pages: 256 pages
Published Date: 17 Apr 1999
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780393318920
Download Link: Click Here
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