Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Wszystkie podłości nauki. Morderstwa, oszustwa i kradzieże popełniane przez naukowców by Sam Kean

33 reviews

dreadspawn's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

chelseacrystal's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Gut wrenching but very interesting. I honestly procrastinated finishing this one bc I was having such a good time. 

It’s incredibly well researched and the tone is appropriate given the subject matter without being overly serious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Antisemitism, Slavery, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Colonisation, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Forced institutionalization, and Body horror

fiona_gs's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

An interesting stroll down the more medial and natural science bad science. Well presented but felt listening to the audio book narrator was good but given the author does a podcast but didn't read his own book just got to me abit. Though I do love this narrator too and have head him on a number of books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gore, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Pedophilia

l_piller's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Mental illness, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Colonisation, and Medical trauma

chemeducator's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

churrocaitie's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

5.0

What an amazing book. I love “niche” history and this book takes the cake. And Sam Kean’s writing is perfect for me. I enjoyed how he structured the book in each chapter, and told the stories so well of these “mad scientists”. I almost wish he had this book longer, I kept wanting to learn more. What a perfect book for someone like me who enjoys weird, dark history. And, of course, makes you really think about humanity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, War, Genocide, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Torture, Transphobia, Animal death, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Gore, and Racism

Minor: Trafficking

boop123's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Rape, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Death, Body horror, Racism, and Gore

Moderate: Pedophilia, Transphobia, War, and Antisemitism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Adult/minor relationship, and Miscarriage

angela_iseli's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, and Body horror

alyssatuininga's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

 Fascinating book documenting the dark side of science. This book looks at things like Nazi doctors, grave robbing anatomists, the Tuskeegee experiment, etc.  I knew many of the stories in the book already but many of the questions that this book raised were super interesting and really made me think about these issues. I really enjoy Sam Kean’s writing (although I enjoyed The Violinst’s Thumb more). There was definitely some difficult subject matter in this book but it was well worth a read (although I will admit I skipped the animal torture chapter). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Slavery, Murder, Torture, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Classism, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Abortion, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage