Crazy Medicine. Strange Diseases and the No Less Strange Treatment Methods in Medical History

About the Author:
Thomas Morris has worked as a producer for BBC Radio for over 17 years, showing a particular interest in scientific and medical themes, and was awarded the Royal Literary Fund's award for documentary prose. Currently, he is an... independent journalist working for the Times and Financial Times. He is the author of the book "The Heart's Case: 11 Key Operations in the History of Cardiac Surgery."

This humorous collection of medical cases and stories about strange treatment methods uniquely describes a bygone era in all its quirks. Thomas Morris presents one of the most outstanding and captivating collections of curiosities ever assembled.

Interesting cases:
- About mysterious diseases (for example, a woman from Rhode Island who urinated through her nose).
- About horrifying operations (in 1781, a French soldier in India self-operated to remove a stone from his bladder).
- About tall tales (a child-amphibian from Chicago who allegedly could swim underwater for half an hour).
- About unfortunate circumstances (a boy who honked like a goose after swallowing a bird's larynx) — and many other wonders.

Reviews:
"A collection of 'incredibly disgusting, funny, and frankly strange' medical stories in the style of Ripley... complemented by the author's witty informal commentary." — Kirkus Reviews

"Thomas Morris recounts numerous amusing, mysterious, and grim medical cases drawn from newspapers, magazines, and textbooks of the 18th and 19th centuries. Through colorful examples, the author skillfully conveys the frustrations, doubts, unfounded confidence, and frequent helplessness of doctors in the pre-scientific era." — Wall Street Journal

"This series of examples from medical history will remind you that we are not nearly as smart as we think we are. Morris includes photographs of old documents and quotes from doctors of the past to make the book plausible, well-founded, and… very amusing." — Science Friday, Best Science Books 2018