Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris

3 reviews

blackcatkai's review against another edition

informative tense slow-paced

3.0

CW: medical content, illness, suicide attempt, blood & other bodily fluids, war & guns mentioned, gun violence, self mutilation, sexual content, injury details, gross things, trauma, mental illness, pregnancy

well the best parts were definitely towards the beginning, everything was pretty interesting overall. there were some ones that really make you squirm and go 'ew wtf' and I'd dare say even more so than some horror novels simply because a lot of these are real events. not all, necessarily, but most.

Thomas does a pretty good job collecting all the stories into different sections while putting his own jokes & commentary in between. there's even footnotes to explain some meanings as you go. I wish the intensity of the early stories continued throughout, but the pace is definitely up and down and not super consistent due to the best being at the start.

basically I liked this enough and I'm relatively glad I read it. gross, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Self harm, Animal death, Gore, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: War, Ableism, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

emory's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Violence

kk_bonton's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.75

An interesting collection of tales from medical journals

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Vomit, Animal death, Child death, and Excrement