Great Medical Disasters

by Richard Gordon

Book Overview

Man's activities have been tainted by disaster ever since the serpent first approached Eve in the garden. And the world of medicine is no exception. In this outrageous and strangely informative book,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880290854
• ISBN13: 9780880290852
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Marboro Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Loved it!

I'm a physician and came across this book when I was still in training and I still have it 15 years later. The book is written for a general audience and I think the author does an outstanding job explaining complicated procedures to the layperson. Unlike other reviewers who commented on a lack of "thread" in this text, I think the work is unified and nicely organized in sections. The common thread is medical disasters and Gordon does a fine job switching from surgery cases to epidemiologic detective work. He was the first physician in my career who helped me see Mary Mallon (Typhoid Mary) as a human-being rather than a fomite. Kudos to Dr. Gordon!

Read and smile

I read this book here in Brazil.I'm an agronomist, single, 35 years old.I like to read books. This book isn't for doctors or nurses.It's for general public and really is a comic book.The best chapter of this this book is chapter 2.This chapter talks about, the fatal illness of Frederick, the noble.The useless medicine then available, and the crew of doctors, trying to help the hopelesse Frederick is hilarious. Read this book and smile.