Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris

14 reviews

kain47's review against another edition

funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

gargoyles's review against another edition

funny informative mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Medical content

citrustree's review against another edition

the format really wasn't for me. the stories were too short and there wasn't much in the way of explainations and insight from the author. just regurgitated stories he was telling back to us.

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Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

pryorlee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.75

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Graphic: Medical content

Moderate: Death

jetpackdracula's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Graphic: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail

lilyofthevalley_reads's review against another edition

Just a little bored with the antiquated descriptions of various men’s genitalia having shall we say issues.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

blackcatkai's review against another edition

informative tense slow-paced

3.0

CW: medical content, illness, suicide attempt, blood & other bodily fluids, war & guns mentioned, gun violence, self mutilation, sexual content, injury details, gross things, trauma, mental illness, pregnancy

well the best parts were definitely towards the beginning, everything was pretty interesting overall. there were some ones that really make you squirm and go 'ew wtf' and I'd dare say even more so than some horror novels simply because a lot of these are real events. not all, necessarily, but most.

Thomas does a pretty good job collecting all the stories into different sections while putting his own jokes & commentary in between. there's even footnotes to explain some meanings as you go. I wish the intensity of the early stories continued throughout, but the pace is definitely up and down and not super consistent due to the best being at the start.

basically I liked this enough and I'm relatively glad I read it. gross, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and War

siobhanward's review against another edition

funny informative medium-paced

3.0

 This was a solid read. Not the best collection of miscellaney/curiosities that I've ever read but not the worst. Way too many detailed stories about people shoving various things into their bodies' orifices...

Anyway, points to Morris for finding lots of interesting stories I'd never heard before. Lots of weird stories, interesting stories and disgusting stories. Definitely a fun read if you're into the history of medicine, or honestly just weird medical tales. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content

emory's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

nonbinarian_librarian's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny