orenailia 's review for:

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

3.0

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I thought the compilation of stories were all interesting and at times eye opening about the history of medicine and how far we’ve come. It makes me wonder what type of treatments we use now will be considered antiquated centuries from now. However, I felt the author’s commentary usually completely unnecessary outside of the scope of giving us context and explaining terms. I understand that he’s trying to give us some personality rather than a collection of obscure medical articles, but I found myself often rolling my eyes at his unfunny jokes. At first I thought it was his British humor, but I actually enjoy British humor and have a very similar sense of humor myself. I’m not sure what he could have done different, but I guess it just wasn’t for me.

I read this for the r/books book club - January 2020.