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A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities In this study of amazing oddities, Jan Bondeson explores unexpected and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He tells stories of spontaneous human combusion; Mary Toft, who allegedly gave birth to 17 rabbits; and Julia Pastrana, exhibted around the world as the Ape Woman. Full description
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Jan Bondeson, a physician, holds a Ph.D. in experimental medicine and works at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
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