Physick to Physiology

A murder in Main Quad, a near demise high on Mont Blanc, the lady who survived hanging and became a celebrity, Lord Nuffield''s dreadful visits to the dentist, and the surgeon who operated on his own hernia using strychnine: all pointers to medical mysteries and advances.This book aims to entertain and inform the reader interested in the advancement of medical science. The author presents seven di...