Absurd Medical History

This book should be a corrective book for medicine. I used to only know that witchcraft deceives people, but I didn't expect that many orthodox medical developments would be so tortuous and bizarre. When people are threatened by disease and their lives are on the verge of death, even a straw is a comfort to their hearts. That is why there are so many quack doctors and deceptive medical skills running rampant in the name of saving lives. Only when life is in crisis can the good and evil of human nature be tested.

Have I finished reading? To be honest, I'm still a little confused now. This book is a small book, a relatively short book. It tells many medical detours that can be called "absurd". But if modern medicine breaks them down, how can it not be absurd? This is only a relative term. It can only be said that the discovery of truth requires a process of continuous understanding, and this "absurdity" is also precious. I think if you are interested in this aspect, you can read this small book. It has no threshold and can be read easily. The language is witty, there are some gags, and the illustrations are also very good. Recognize and discover when you are on the wrong path, and move forward in the present. Transform historical "absurdity" into present science. This is the best.

It is interesting and informative and worth reading. You will find that those who became famous and even changed the world were victims of all kinds of inexplicable and absurd medicine! Shouldn't we, who are good for nothing, be more vigilant?

A very good popular science and medical book that can lead us to better understand the development process of Western medicine from ancient times to the present. It is a very good book and worth recommending. The popular science content is not boring, lively and interesting, and is highly recommended.

The book is a good combination of knowledge and interest. There are many surprising medical anecdotes and jaw-dropping treatments. After reading this masterpiece, my feeling is that the journey of medical development is really full of twists and turns. The medical deception techniques of charlatans are full of tricks and weird medical methods. People can't help but sigh. History is really a collection of strange stories. There are all kinds of people and strange things. Only you can't think of it, and there is nothing you can't see in it. If there are friends who are interested in the wonders and interesting things in the history of medicine, it is recommended to appreciate it. It will definitely be a worthwhile trip.

It's very interesting and interesting. The author's language is witty and interesting, and I gained a lot of knowledge. It turns out that the color of the luminous columns in the barber shop actually represents veins, arteries and blood. The things that can be seen everywhere are heritage from hundreds of years ago. It has a wonderful feeling of being in contact with history. The section about scrofula also inadvertently answered the question for me in junior high school. Xi Jinping was puzzled by British history. Logically speaking, a dynasty that can be overthrown should not have a popular base. Why do the British people strongly demand to retain the royal family? What does its popular base come from? It turns out that one aspect is because they believe that the god's ribbon and the king's ability to cure scrofula are very interesting. When I first read it, I couldn't help complaining about why there are so many weird treatment methods. Then I saw the author said that maybe our descendants will also write our current treatment methods into their absurd medical history, and I was shocked by my own arrogance. I am grateful to my predecessors and hope that medicine will get better and better.

Haha, when you get to the back, you will probably know what the content is after seeing the title.

Okay, okay, the author must have spent a lot of time researching information to write this book. The development of any discipline, including medicine, must go through the process from ignorance to science. Bloodletting and enema to eat arsenic and selenium are very ridiculous to modern people, but at that time it was indeed a manifestation of people's fight against diseases, and it was also an inevitable process for medicine to gradually move from ignorance to science. The language is humorous and good to pass the time.

The language style is very interesting and full of black humor. It is really good as a popular science book for entertainment. The content in the book is also well-founded. After reading it all, you should be able to become a medieval medical teacher (no) I very much agree with a point in the book that any medical exploration is respectable, even if it is clumsy and naive from today's perspective, but no matter what, the doctors of that era were indeed working hard for human health (excluding charlatans who cheated money). As a person living in a modern medical environment, I cannot imagine a world without painkillers and antibiotics, so I cannot criticize the people at that time. In short, I pay tribute to the medical pioneers.

Looking back at the past, those medical skills were ridiculous, but isn't our criticism of ancient medicine the future criticism of modern medicine? It's a pity that my knowledge is so shallow, like a frog in a well, that I can't imagine how modern medicine will be laughed at by people in the future, just like that at this moment.

Very good, combined with today's society, I found that the reincarnation of history has come again

It's so interesting. The author uses humorous language without losing the literary and professional nature. While explaining his own views, he also sympathizes with the people of the old era. It is a popular science and medical book that is worth reading and appreciating!

Although it seems funny now, it also allows us to see how difficult it is to make medical progress. Each story is short and easy to read, and you can learn a lot from it. I think this book is very suitable for reading with friends. It will definitely be interesting to discuss while reading!

What the author says is really interesting👍

Before humans discovered reliable science, there were too many ridiculous ideas and ridiculous measures. This is a history of erroneous medicine that may be considered humorous but full of death and pain.

As a popular medical science book, this book is undoubtedly excellent. The humorous language makes boring medicine more humorous. I really gained a lot after reading it. At the same time, I also pay tribute to every pathfinder in the history of medicine! And everyone who dares to explore!

It is a good book worth reading. After reading it, I cherish life even more, and I am grateful to live in a medical era with a basic scientific basis. Although we still have many unsolved problems in medicine today, without those blind and terrible treatments, continuing to move forward on the basis of science is the only way for medical development. I wish the authors good health, and I wish all book lovers good health, and never encounter diseases and terrible treatments.

This book is actually quite good, why are there no reviews?

It's quite strange. I saw it on Dangdang and came to read it. Unfortunately, there is no History of Absurd Medicine (Chinese version)

Eye-opening, rewarding, and satisfying... [Laughing evilly]

I have to say that this is really a very humorous book, and you can feel the author's literary talent. Although the history of medicine sounds like hell, it is actually written in a very interesting way, like chatting and joking instead of a teacher reading from a blackboard.

It's good-looking, very critical thinking, and the language is humorous.

It's good to read, and it's so absurd that it fits the title. The author is also very humorous. We found a small amount of popular science among a lot of complaints and hellish jokes (not that

It's quite informative, the language is humorous, and it tells a very "wonderful" history of medicine.

Eye-opening and shocking.

Excellent popular science book

The absurd medicine continues.

Sometimes I get bored while studying clinical practice, so I will read this book for fun haha ​​[laughing and crying]

A library of horror stories After reading this book, I understood a truth: It is better to trust doctors than to leave yourself to God!

It is a useful masterpiece for the history and writing materials of the development of medicine.