Medicine's strangest cases
Subtitle: [extraordinary but true stories from over five centuries of medical history]
By: Michael O'Donnell
Publisher: Portico
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9781906032906
Subjects: Medicine; Physician and patient; Anecdotes; Popular Medicine; History
Description: In examining the medical profession from the age of Hippocrates to the present day, unearths some odd characters, , including the Essex man who kept getting pregnant; the physician who gave syphilis its name by writing a poem about it; and the future Lady Hamilton, who lectured on healthy living while pursuing a lucrative career as a West End prostitute.--Back cover.
Notes: Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-315).