YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES... JUST SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE!
This rare volume reveals:
- Blanche the 3-Legged Lady
- Julia the shocking "Monkey Woman"
- J.W. Coffey the "Human Skeleton"
- John Merrick the "Elephant Man"
- Jo-Jo the real "Wolfman"
- The 4-Eyed Man of Cricklade
- Human Salamanders and Thousands of other Living Monsters!
Anomalies & Curiosities Of Medicine, published in 1896 is an extraordinary collection by Drs. G.M. Gould and W.L. Pyle of bizarre and striking medical and surgical cases. Entertaining, historical, shocking and horrific, this prodigious, photo-packed reference work will be treasured by collectors of the rare and bizarre. You will understand when you meet Laloo, whose parasite "brother" was photographed growing from his sternum!
When you read about John Merrick, the "Elephant Man", you are getting first-hand descriptions! And the "Elephant Man" is just one set of photographs - one story, among hundreds like:
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Skin-shedding "snake people"
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The man who gave birth
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Menstruation through the skin
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Humans with horns
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Famed giants & dwarfs
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The woman with 52 lb. breasts
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Hideous cannibal rites
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A 169 year old man
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Siamese twins who married
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The "Leopard" family
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The "Turtle-woman" of Demerara & much, much more!
Thousands of anomalies are grouped, indexed, footnoted and verified by source. This 633-page hardcover volume stands alone in its ability to inform, intrigue and frighten. This powerful chronicle of human curiosities is not for the squeamish!
This classic tome is filled with mind-boggling facts recording examples of sexual anomalies, records for endurance of pain, extreme obesity and amazing recoveries from mutilation. You will read it... you will see it... and you will be fascinated by the easy-to-follow medical explanations and biographical information which accompanies these "freaks of nature".
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The book is in very good condition.
THE BUYER WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED.
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