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sunbearbeam's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Medical content
Moderate: Animal death and Child death
sonygaystation's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cancer and Child death
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, and Abortion
honeygirl13's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
kingweirdo's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death
cnidariar3x's review against another edition
4.5
I've read this twice over two years. Both times were a 4.5 for me.
I learned SO MUCH and really came to appreciate just how forensic medicine was essentially developed by two guys working on a shoestring budget against many odds. There's an appreciation for the medical system that derives from having read this book, but on the same hand, one will learn about all the
The book has several interweaving themes throughout the chapters, and if I have one criticism in the book, it can sometimes feel unfocused.
If one can handle reading about medical content, experimentation, and alcoholism, or are interested in this specific history in general, I can't recommend this book enough.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, and Medical content
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Suicide, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Cancer and Abortion
seriousmoonlight's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Medical content
astropova's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death and Medical content
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Child death and Suicide
The animal cruelty and death are not done/described for the purposes of being cruel or evil, but there are several clinical descriptions of experimentation on animals that leads to their deaths.junefish's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit