Ebook How to Remove a Brain And Other Bizarre Medical Practices Audible Audio Edition David Haviland Barry Shannon Thistle Publishing Books
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Have you ever wondered how long it takes to digest chewing gum? What hiccups are for? Whether it's safe to fly with breast implants? Taking in everything from the outrageous (yes, Hitler was addicted to crystal meth) to the eye-watering (such as the renowned surgeon who accidentally cut off his patient's left testicle) to the downright disgusting (like the cure for toothache used by the Egyptians involving dead mouse paste), this book proves that medical science is not for the faint-hearted, lily-livered, or weak-stomached!
Ebook How to Remove a Brain And Other Bizarre Medical Practices Audible Audio Edition David Haviland Barry Shannon Thistle Publishing Books
"David Haviland has a talent for finding out strange, recondite things (such as how the ancient Egyptians removed brains) and presenting them like a delicious box of truffles to pick over. A collection of weird and wonderful facts that will keep your eyebrows raised and your fingers turning the pages!"
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How to Remove a Brain And Other Bizarre Medical Practices Audible Audio Edition David Haviland Barry Shannon Thistle Publishing Books Reviews
- David Haviland has a talent for finding out strange, recondite things (such as how the ancient Egyptians removed brains) and presenting them like a delicious box of truffles to pick over. A collection of weird and wonderful facts that will keep your eyebrows raised and your fingers turning the pages!
- Interesting, but I knew about many of the entries.
- After reading this book I’m amazed that humanity survived early medical development.
- crazy, creepy, funny little book!
- How to Remove A Brain and other bizarre medical practices and procedures by David Haviland, 154 pages, Thistle Publishing, August 10th 2017, Genre Reference/Trivia/Curiosities and Wonders.
Review by Leigh Holland.
How to Remove A Brain is a delightful, if sometimes gross and indelicate, read covering some of the oddest and quirkiest medical practices throughout Western history. The book is organized into ten chapters into which trivia is organized by time and/or topic, such as “The Wisdom of the Ancientsâ€, “Disgusting Diseasesâ€, and “Dodgy Diagnosisâ€.
Each chapter starts with a quote from a famous individual regarding medicine. My favorite quote was under Chapter Four, Curious Cures “He’s the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.†-Benjamin Franklin. The trivia is set up in question and answer format for an engaging read. Examples of some of the questions you’ll find the answers to in this work are
Why was urine used to wash battlefield wounds?
Was Adolf Hitler addicted to crystal meth?
Which disease was thought to be cured by leading the patient three times around a pig sty, while wearing a donkey’s halter?
Why was Edward Jenner rejected by the College of Physicians?
Who was the real Sherlock Holmes?
Was a derided female scientist the true discoverer of the structure of DNA?
Was Abraham Lincoln poisoned?
Why is it that so many murderers are doctors?
Perhaps one of my favorite topics in this book was “How accurate is the presentation of medicine on TV and in films?†True, it isn’t as fun as finding out if Hitler was addicted to crystal meth, but I found the answer quite informative nonetheless. I also enjoyed learning trivia about bras and boobs. Yes, bras and boobs, that’s what I said. If you’re fascinated by the quirks of medicine and its trivia, you’ll love this book. So if you want to find out what a paraffinoma is or what diseases the Elephant Man really suffered from, pick up this tome of medical trivia. - How to remove a brain is a fun collection of trivia, weird science, chicanery and medical based factoids.
The writing style is chatty and informal and especially for medical/science type books, completely accessible. The book is broken into very short articles which are grouped with related subjects.
The subjects are well researched and the science is accurate. I really appreciated that. The subjects range from medieval medical practices (generally ineffective if not downright scary (and harmful)) to scientific history and famous scientists (Semmelweis, Pasteur, Rosalind Franklin, etc).
I really enjoyed reading the entries which are short enough to fit into any spare time standing in queue etc. I think that this book would appeal to any trivia fan and/or science curious person (9 year old me would have LOVED this book! )
There are some articles which are somewhat graphic (as the title indicates) but nothing too objectionable in my opinion. (There are, however, some fairly horrific historical medical practices described along with charlatans throughout history).
My only real objection is how abruptly the book ends. Last entry just -ends- without any sort of tying together of themes or real ending. It didn't detract too much from my enjoyment of the book, but it was surprising (I went looking to see if I had not downloaded the entire book or if there was some mistake with my copy... there wasn't, it just ends).
Love the science, love the history. A fun/interesting/trivia filled read. I am a professional scientist, working in healthcare and I am not at all ashamed to admit I learned several things from this book which I'd never heard before (like the origin of the word 'toady' ). Cool stuff
Four stars.
Disclosure I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.
