The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities Free

Author: Nick Bakalar
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: B005HKPFNU

The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities: An Unconventional Compendium of Health Facts and Oddities, from Asthmatic Mice to Plants that Can Kill

Delightful doses of medical miscellany about wacky doctors and their curious patients, from their smallest bones (the stapes) to their heaviest organs (the liver) In this addictive collection of trivia, Nicholas Bakalar, the "Vital Signs" columnist for The New York Times, spoons out the things you never realized you really want to know about your body and your health. Get The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities diet books 2013 for free.
Bakalar shares the wonders of medicine, from medical firsts (in 1667, the first survivor of a blood transfusion received sheep's blood) to medical onlys (rabies is the only infectious disease that is 100 percent curable when treated and 100 percent fatal if not). He takes a tour of diseases that belong in horror movies: liquefying organs, flesh-eating bacteria, mushro Check The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities our best diet books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities Free

He takes a tour of diseases that belong in horror movies: liquefying organs, flesh-eating bacteria, mushro

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