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The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth: And Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris
3 reviews
shellocopter's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Excrement, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
blackcatkai's review against another edition
3.0
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.
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
emory's review against another edition
4.75
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