Ask a question or
Order this book


Browse our books
Search our books
Book dealer info



Title: The Two-Headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels
Description: Ithaca [NY], Cornell University Press, 2000. orig.cloth. 24x16cm, xxii,295 pp. Includes bibliographical references and index.. Textual photo illustrations.. Bump to head of spine. Large rubberstamp to top page-edge. VG. ¶ Contents: The Two Inseparable Brother; and a Preface; The Hairy Maid at the Harpsichord; The Stone-child; The Woman Who Laid an Egg; The Strangest Miracle in the World; Some Words about Hog-faced Gentlewoman; Horned Humans; The Biddenden Maids; The Tocci Brothers, and Other Dicephali; The King of Poland's Court Dwarf; Daniel Lambert, the Human Colossus; Cat- eating Englishmen and French Frog Swallowers.

Keywords: Human Abnormalities, Medicine, , , , , , ,

Price: US$ 50.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS015002I