A Brief History of Bad Medicine

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Ian Schott, Robert Youngson

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English

Robinson Publishing
20 December 2001

Medicine; History of medicine; Popular medicine & health

Series: Brief Histories

A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient's brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself.

In Brief History of Bad Medicine, Robert M. Youngson and Ian Schott have written the definitive account of medical mishap in modern and not-so- modern times. From famous quacks to curious forms of sexual healing, from blunders with the brain to drugs worse than the diseases they are intended to treat, the book reveals shamefully dangerous doctors, human guinea pigs, and the legendary surgeon who was himself a craven morphine addict.

Exploring the line between the comical and the tragic, the honest mistake and the intentional crime, Brief History of Bad Medicine illustrates once and for all that you can't always trust the people in white coats.

By: Ian Schott, Robert Youngson
Imprint: Robinson Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 284g
ISBN: 9781780332611
ISBN 10: 1780332610
Series: Brief Histories
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 20 December 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unknown

Ian Schott is an experience full time doctor. Robert Youngson is a journalist and author, who has also written a number of books on health and medicine. He lives in Dorset, Britain

Reviews for A Brief History of Bad Medicine

A unique anthology of medical bungles * Lancet * An erudite and elegant dismissal of the duff side of the medical profession * Times Literary Supplement *