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This is a collection of stories about medical blunders in the past and in modern life. The stories are of acts of arrogance, ignorance, cruelty and stupidity. They include tales of: a labotomy without anaesthetic, female mutilation, secret experiments on criminals, the insane and cancer patients, sex-changes, the doctors who become surgery addicts, wonder drugs with nightmare side-effects, the euthanasia experts, and chloroform orgasms.
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Medical Blunders, R. M. Youngson, Ian Schott
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- Released
- 1996
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Medical Blunders
- Language
- English
- Authors
- R. M. Youngson, Ian Schott
- Publisher
- Constable & Robinson
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 1854872591
- ISBN13
- 9781854872593
- Series
- Rating
- 2.65 out of 5
- Description
- This is a collection of stories about medical blunders in the past and in modern life. The stories are of acts of arrogance, ignorance, cruelty and stupidity. They include tales of: a labotomy without anaesthetic, female mutilation, secret experiments on criminals, the insane and cancer patients, sex-changes, the doctors who become surgery addicts, wonder drugs with nightmare side-effects, the euthanasia experts, and chloroform orgasms.