Search Results: A Cabinet Of Medical Curiosities by Jan Bondeson

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cornell University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Cornell University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: Norton, 1997. 250pp. Stain on fore-edge; sticker remnants bottom spine; some pages wrinkled. Illus.; endnotes. OK reading copy.. Pb. G+.

Paperback. Very Good.

New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, April 1999. Paper Back . Good. In this book of amazing oddities, Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine--from stories of spontaneous human combustion to vicious tribes of tailed men to the fame of Julia Pastrana, exhibited around the world as the Ape Woman. Illustrations.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1999. Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 250 Pages. Minor cover edge and corner wear. Otherwise a tight, bright book with no marks or stamps and a faultless interior. The author explores unexpected, surprising, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He regales us with stories of spontanious human combustion; vicous tribes of tailed men; the Two-Headed Boy of Bengal; Mary Toft, who allegedly gave birth to seventeen rabbits; a 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 profices likely explanantions for these peculiar events. Jan Bondeson, a physician, holds a Ph.D. in experimental medicine and works at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London. Contents in Eleven Chapters: Spontaneous Human Combustion, The Bosom Serpent, The Riddle of the… Read More

Cornell Univ Pr, 1997-11-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Paperback. Good.

Itaica, NY: Cornell University Press , 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, mustard yellow cloth in publisher's dust-jacket. 250 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and engravings. Second impression. Ten essays, written by a physician, explaining the realities associated with some of histories most bizarre medical anomalies. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. Dust-jacket protected by a new Brodart cover. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

WW Norton, New York 1997. 23.0 x 15.0cms, 252pp. b/w illusts, fine paperback This book discusses: spontaneous human combustion; snakes and other parasites that live within humans' bowels; giants; premature burial; Mary Toft who claimed to have given birth to 17 rabbits; maternal impressions that affect offspring; tailed people; an Irish giant; the 2 headed boy from Bengal and the Sicilian fairy; Julia Pastrana, 'the ape woman'.

Ithaca: Cornell Univ Pr, 1997. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.250

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W W Norton & Co Inc, 1999. Paperback. New. 250 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. "Dr. Bondeson dissects a dozen . . . examples of human credulity with the scalpel of a forensic historian, and the result is a colorful collection of true detective stories." - Richard D. Altick

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. Plate illustrations. With the '1' in a number line. Stories of medical anomalies told by a noted physician, including Julia Pastrana and the two-headed boy. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked in a Mylar jacket cover.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NCROL, 1997-11-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.