The alarming history of medicine /
Richard Gordon.
- 1st St. Martin's Griffin ed.
- ew York : St. Martin's Griffin, 1997, c1993.
- xi, 256 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
"First published in Great Britain by Sinclair-Stevenson Limited"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-256).
Gathers the real stories behind discoveries in medicine and humorous anecdotes about early cures and procedures.