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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
So many things I never wanted to know — wait thirty minutes after eating to get into this pool.
funny
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slow-paced
I’d often listen to this while trying to fall asleep at night, so it’s true that I missed parts of the book. What I did hear was entertaining and interesting though. It might be my permanent bedtime book because that way, if I listen to it again, I’ll catch the parts I missed the first time through.
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This was a solid read. Not the best collection of miscellaney/curiosities that I've ever read but not the worst. Way too many detailed stories about people shoving various things into their bodies' orifices...
Anyway, points to Morris for finding lots of interesting stories I'd never heard before. Lots of weird stories, interesting stories and disgusting stories. Definitely a fun read if you're into the history of medicine, or honestly just weird medical tales.
Anyway, points to Morris for finding lots of interesting stories I'd never heard before. Lots of weird stories, interesting stories and disgusting stories. Definitely a fun read if you're into the history of medicine, or honestly just weird medical tales.
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Graphic: Medical content
funny
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
A fun little romp through weird medical stories largely from the 17th-early 20th centuries, told with a healthy dose of dad humor. Favorites: In the 17th century, tonsils were known as "almonds of the ear"! The guy who coughed up part of his own spine! And the kid who got a goose larynx stuck in his own, so he honked when he breathed! (I'm a terrible person.)
This book was very gorey. I generally do okay with that but the technical descriptions of broken bones and spurting blood did me in.
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Interesting compilation of strange medical occurrences and their treatments from the 1700s and 1800s. All I gotta say is: thank god I live in a world of modern medicine! In all fairness, there was a doctor quoted from back when acknowledging that when people in future times hear of their practices, they will think they are nonsensical or even rudimentary compared to the advances of modern medicine - same can be said of our current practices too! Lots of blood, bodily fluids and extensions of the truth - if you are in to that kind of thing ;)
The book is heavily annotated excerpts from old medical journals. And, honestly, I thought I'd get sick of the interruptions. But they were witty and mostly enlightening to bridge the jargon for old doctors to new me's. Very enjoyable! Just some very cringey stories sometimes that'll make you squirm.