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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: In earlier eras, correctly identifying illnesses was among doctors’ most daunting challenges to face.
Chapter 3: Since the earliest days, physicians have removed foreign objects from unusual and embarrassing body parts in humans.
Chapter 4: In earlier times, some medical 'cures' were as harmful as the illnesses they aimed to treat.
Chapter 5: Surgery used to be far riskier and more painful than it is today.
Chapter 6: The human body can be much tougher than we often imagine.
Chapter 7: The history of fraudulent medicine is just as fascinating as that of legitimate medicine.
Description
The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth (2018) charts some of the most interesting and unpredictable events in the emergence of modern medicine. From tragic operations to bizarre cures, these blinks explore a history of medicine that most doctors would prefer to ignore.
Who Should Listen
- Medical workers interested in the hidden history of medicine
- Science buffs keen to discover some of history’s wackiest medical theories
- History nerds interested in a fascinating historical niche