Amazing Medical Stories

by George Burden, Dorothy Grant

Overview

The twenty true tales in Amazing Medical Stories give a rich and entertaining picture of the ways in which medical workers (both real and fake) have used the keys to the mysterious kingdom of life: health, disease, and physical anomaly, birth, death, and post-mortem diagnosis. The stories run the gamut from tragedy to hilarity, from satisfaction of curiosity to evocation of terrible pity. Amazing Medical Stories deals with quacks and charlatans, the giants Angus McAskill and Anna Swan, the first case of antisocial personality disorder, as well as wonderous inventions and achievements by physicians.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780864923479
Publisher:	Goose Lane Editions
Publication date:	04/08/2003
Edition description:	First edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 7.73(h) x 0.35(d)

About the Author

Dr. George Burden is a general practitioner in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia. His stories on medical history appear frequently in the Medical Post, and he is also a contributor to Reader's Digest, Stitches Magazine of Medical Humour, the Halifax Sunday Herald, and the St. John's Telegram.

Dorothy Grant worked as a registered nurse in Halifax and New York, and later turned to journalism. With consumer affairs as her beat, she became a Halifax radio and TV personality. In the 1990s, she did communications work for the Medical Society of Nova Scotia, and at the same time she published more than 60 articles in the Medical Post. Her byline is familiar to readers of Family Practice Magazine, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"A fast-moving collection of medical stories to tell around a blazing fire. Take yourself to a comfortable chair, put up your feet, and prepare to meet a band of wonderful characters.' ૼ Dr. Jock Murray, Professor of Medical Humanities, Dalhousie Medical School

Editorial Reviews

"Interesting... 'The Physicians on Titanic,' 'The Undertakers and the Titanic Disaster,' and 'The Halifax Explosion: Taking Care of the Victims,' these three compelling tales combined are reason enough to want to read this book."

"Medical stories amaze, amuse."

From the Publisher

"Medical stories amaze, amuse."

The Chronicle Herald

"Interesting... 'The Physicians on Titanic,' 'The Undertakers and the Titanic Disaster,' and 'The Halifax Explosion: Taking Care of the Victims,' these three compelling tales combined are reason enough to want to read this book."

The Titanic Historical Society