Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of ... classified, annotated, and indexed

295 text illustrations with 12 half-tone plates High as the entertainment value of this book may be, its contents serve a more serious purpose highlighting unexplored problems of medico-legal, genetic, embryological, internal medical, surgical, rehabilitative, psychological and sociological concern. Here is a prodigious reference work that will become one of the most treasured possessions in the library of the scientist and the rare book collector. If it does not occupy the same shelf as Shakespeare, Freud and the Bible, it surely will rest provocatively on the shelf below.