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Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine, Volume II (v. II)

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A.& C. of M. is a fantastic book indeed with it's "ancient" coverage of medical anomilies in one place!! It also had a brief cameo in the movie "The Breakfast Club." However this version of the book (Blue Unicorn Press) has none of the original pictures of which there were over 100 in the original version (late 1800's) and in the reprints during the mid to late 20th century. Unless you only want text, this version may not be for you.

As of today there are 5 Kindle versions of this book for sale on Amazon. I bought 3 of them, and none of the 3 I bought included the illustrations. Still a great read, but the original version of this book has interesting drawings and photos. Too bad, I would have loved to have the complete book on my Kindle.

I've always been into odd things ever since I was a child. I recently got a Kindle for Christmas so I was browsing around the free books because hey, why not? I came across this book and decided to give it a try. I'm only in the first chapter but it's really great and engaging. Non of these "cases" however have been backed by the actual documents. It's more like, "In China there was a documented case of (whatever)". Sometimes the doctor will be named but that's about it. Overall interesting read. I recommend it for anyone who's into odd medical conditions.

Even there are no pictures in the free kindle version it is still one of my favorite books. This book is not written for the general population, it was made for and by the medical field so reader beware. If you can't handle graphic decriptions don't read it. Otherwise you'll love it!

Love this book!!! It is so interesting to read about what was believed back in the day- what they had sooo wrong as well as what they had right. I recommended it to the drs I work for (all ob/gyns) and they found it fascinating.
Pictures would have been great , but it was just as good without them.