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The Fat Boy of Peckham and other medical curiosities by Bondeson, Jan is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In this book of amazing oddities, the successor to his popular Cabinet of Medical Curiositiesand The Two-Headed Boy, Jan Bondeson explores various surprising and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine: Does peoples hair go white after a sudden fright; can the image of the killer be seen in the eyes of a murdered person; does the severed head of a guillotined person maintain some degree of consciousness? Giants, dwarfs and medical freaks are paraded in front of the reader, to say nothing of Johnny Trunley, the Fat Boy of Peckham, who was a sensation in Edwardian show business, and his various rotund rivals. In this book, Bondeson combines a historians research skills with a physicians diagnostic flair, as he explores our timeless fascination with the freakish and bizarre people and events in the colourful history of medicine.

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Author

Bondeson, Jan

Publisher

Amberley Publishing

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781445676289

Category

history

Subjects

Medical, Historical Fiction, Medicine

Rating

4.7 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14