Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

The mystery of the exploding teeth (Record no. 94263)

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LC control number 2018022919
016 7# - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC AGENCY CONTROL NUMBER
Record control number 101727172
Source DNLM
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International Standard Book Number 9781524743703
Qualifying information paperback
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International Standard Book Number 1524743704
Qualifying information paperback
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OCLC library identifier NLM
System control number 101727172
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OCLC library identifier AU@
System control number 000062281050
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System control number (OCoLC)1027820528
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Authentication code pcc
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library AJMA
050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number R733
Item number .M674 2018
050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number R733
Item number .M67 2018
060 00 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number 2019 B-228
060 10 - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER
Classification number WZ 308
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 610 Mor
Item number 12
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 610 Mor
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Morris, Thomas
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The mystery of the exploding teeth
Remainder of title and other curiosities from the history of medicine
Statement of responsibility, etc Thomas Morris.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York, NY :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Dutton, An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2018.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiii, 351 pages ;
Dimensions 22 cm
Type of unit Paperback book.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Unfortunate predicaments -- Mysterious illnesses -- Dubious remedies -- Horrifying operations -- Remarkable recoveries -- Tall tales -- Hidden dangers.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of Victorian medicine in all its grisly weirdness. A puzzling series of dental explosions beginning in the nineteenth century, with the most recent case in the 1960s, is just one of many strange tales that have long lain undiscovered in the pages of old medical journals. Award-winning medical historian Thomas Morris has assembled the stories thematically so readers will witness Mysterious Illnesses (such as the Rhode Island woman who peed through her nose), Horrifying Operations (1635: A hungover Dutchman swallows a knife, which is then surgically removed from his stomach), Dubious Treatments ("Take twelve young swallows out of the nest . . ."), Unfortunate Predicaments (such as that of the boy who honked like a goose after inhaling a bird's larynx), and many other marvels. Read together, these entertaining stories amount to far more than a series of anecdotes. They are worth reading for their entertainment value alone, but they also tell us a great deal about the evolution of modern medicine. Some show the medical profession hopeless in the face of ailments which today would be quickly banished by modern drugs; but others are heartening tales of recovery against the odds, patients saved from death by the devotion or ingenuity of a conscientious doctor. As a collection they allow the reader to learn about the evolution of medical expertise and to understand the rationale behind therapeutic regimes that would otherwise seem inexplicable today.However embarrassing the ailment or ludicrous the treatment, every case tells us something about the knowledge (and ignorance) of an earlier age, along with the sheer resilience of human life"--Provided by publisher.
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Local note 108502
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medicine
General subdivision History
Form subdivision Miscellanea.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Humor.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Medical - history.
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Curiosities & Wonders.
650 #1 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Folklore.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type 600 - 699
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