Mould's Medical Anecdotes: Omnibus Edition / Edition 1

by R.F Mould

Overview

Mould's Medical Anecdotes: Omnibus Edition is a fabulous collection of anecdotes on the humorous, intriguing, unusual, mysterious, and historical aspects of medicine. It combines the hugely successful Mould's Medical Anecdotes and More Mould's Medical Anecdotes and includes a selection of more recently collected material. Dr. Mould searched newspapers, advertisements, case histories, monologues, and medical journals on both sides of the Atlantic for this treasure trove.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138429819
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/06/2017
Pages:	510
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.12(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dick Mould was a hospital physicist and cancerstatistician at the Royal Marsden and Westminster Hospitals in London for 30 years. He is now 'retired' from the British National Health Service and travels the world full time as a consultantgiving courses on basic medical statistics (mainly to radiation oncology residents) in countries including the USA, Germany, France, japan, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland. In addition, he acts as a consultant to the World Health Organizationon matters relating to the Chernobyl accident and also lectures on the history of x-rays, Marie Curie,and ChernobyJ. He has written some 80 scientific papersand has written or edited some 40 books.

Table of Contents

A selection of ancedotes: King's Evil. A Royal Malady. Royal Baths. The King is Dead. Queen Anne's Oculist. Optician's Advertisement. Ivan the Terrible's Skeleton. Napoleon III's Bladder Stone. One of the Favourite Jokes of Suicidal Patients. A King as Dentist. Dentistry, 1523. The Guinea Jaw. Oliver Cromwell's Head. Head Shrinking. Why are the Heads of Men Hairy? Holes in Their Heads. The Esau Lady. Traffic in Human Hair. The Brothers Tocci. Ear Surgery. The Safety Tomb. Irish Export Trade in Dead Bodies. Skeletons for Sale. Kuda Bax and the Indian Fire Walk. Letter on Corpulence. Spinach as a Source of Iron. The Human Dustbin. Self-Induced Excess Iron Therapy. Foreign Bodies. Curing Piles with Petrol. Early Medical X-Rays. Tavern of the Dead. The Sufferer. Medical Diploma. Marriage and X-Rays. Real and Fake Diamonds. The Madman's Will. Gas Bulb Surrounded by Profanity. Who Made the Hospital Kettle Radioactive? Early Medical Radium. Sir William Gull. Tutankhamun's Head. The Yin and the Yang. Circumcision, 2340 BC. Birth of Twins, 2340 BC. Medical Handwriting. Lead Poisoning in the Ancient World. Inheritance Pattern of Death. Life and Death of Mok the Gorilla. Internal Combustion. Surgical Instruments, 2340 Bc. Surgical Instruments, AD 1739. Siberian Shaman. Why the Pill's Success Rate is Low in Asia. American Indian Medicine Man. Mapuche Medicine Women. Plus more...

Editorial Reviews

"… You do not need to have this edition on your office desk but inside the drawer, within easy reach. It will be of great value and you will love it! … you may sit in your armchair for hours, smiling, laughing, and learning unusual things with astonishment. … You should buy the book, order another one as a gift for your friend(s) … you will get a lot of information, entertainment, and pleasure."
-O. Pohlenz, European Radiology, Vol. 7, Issue 7, 1997

Praise for the previous edition:
"A delightful collection of medical quips, quirks, and quackeries."
-Daily Express

"…a mine of fun, charm, and poignancy."
-RAD Magazine

"There is something to interest everyone here."
-Clinical Biochemist

"Excellent-don't pinch your colleague's; buy your own!"
-HPA Bulletin

From the Publisher

Reviewer: Herbert M. Swick, MD (Institute of Medicine and Humanities)
Description: This potpourri of short tales and historical vignettes is largely a reprinting of two earlier collections, the first published in 1984 and the second in 1989. Of the 460 pages, only the last 54 reflect new material.
Purpose: According to the author, a self-described "anecdotal squirrel," the book is meant to be a humorous collection that provides "a little of something for everybody." Material in the book was gathered over a number of years from a wide variety of sources.
Audience: Designed principally for the lay public, the book will interest those who wish casually to browse and mine for gems of medical history, folklore, and ephemera.
Features: One can open this book almost anywhere and discover tidbits covering a broad range of topics, from Egyptian papyri to Popeye's legendary strength and the iron content of spinach, and from the fate of Oliver Cromwell's head to the epitaph for Frederick, Prince of Wales. Perhaps because the author is a radiation physicist, there is a relatively large amount of material dealing with the early clinical and medicolegal use of x-rays. The book is profusely and appropriately illustrated with cartoons, line drawings, historical photographs, and other artwork.
Assessment: For those who are familiar with the first two compilations of Mould's anecdotes, this book will obviously contain much repetition, since roughly 85 percent of the material has been published previously. For those who have not seen the first two editions, however, this omnibus edition offers a number of diverting moments. It reminds us that the practice of medicine has always had its lighter moments — moments that offer welcome diversions from the serious enterprise undertaken by physicians.

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