The medicine cabinet of curiosities
Subtitle: an unconventional compendium of health facts and oddities from asthmatic mice to plants that can kill
By: Nicholas Bakalar.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780805088540
Subjects: Medicine -- Miscellanea
Genres: Miscellanea
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: By the numbers; title: Butterflies in the stomach; title: X, Y, and sex; title: Bedside manner; title: Lab rat; title: Bio hazard!; title: The perfect cure; title: Prevention is the best medicine; title: Invention is the best medicine; title: Scared to death; title: Grey matter.