Brief History of Bad Medicine
A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient''s brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself.
In Brief History of Bad Medicine, Robert M. Youngson and Ian Schott have written the definitive accoun...
A doctor removes the normal, healthy side of a patient''s brain instead of the malignant tumor. A man whose leg is scheduled for amputation wakes up to find his healthy leg removed. These recent examples are part of a history of medical disasters and embarrassments as old as the profession itself.
In Brief History of Bad Medicine, Robert M. Youngson and Ian Schott have written the definitive accoun...
