Jan Bondeson

The Two-Headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels

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Produktbeschreibung

A successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CORNELL UNIV PR
• Seitenzahl: 295
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780801489587
• ISBN-10: 080148958X
• Artikelnr.: 21480767

Autorenporträt

Jan Bondeson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Rheumatology, University of Wales College of Medicine. He is the author of many books, including The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History (also from Cornell), The Great Pretenders: The True Stories behind Famous Historical Mysteries, A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, and Buried Alive.