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- Title: A Cabinet of Ancient Medical Curiosities: Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from the Healing Arts of Greece and Rome
- Author: J.C. McKeown
- ISBN: 9780190610432
- Page: 448
- Format: Hardcover
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DNF at 61%This isn t a bad book per say, it just wasn t what I expected If I had known that this book insist entirely of passages from various ancient texts with the author making very little comment I probably would have finished it.The passages in themselves were interesting but like I said, I expected the author to voice his opinion at least a few times rather than only provide a little context for some of the passages.
This book is hilarious
Galen, one of the ancient world s most revered physicians, once said, The only difference between doctors in Rome and highwaymen is that the doctors do their work in the city, not in the mountains What a cynical viewpoint from one of the best of his profession Obviously, attitudes toward health care were as controversial in the ancient world as they are now, judging from all of the anguish expressed lately by members of the U.S Congress It is with these controversies in mind that J.C McKeown, Pr [...]
There s a saying that we are where we are because we are standing on the shoulders of giants In some cases that is true, but McKeown s book makes it clear that we are where we are from a medical perspective because we are standing on the toes of hobbits I don t mean that disparagingly For one thing, I love hobbits For another, we learn in a series of small steps, each step integral to the previous and the next.Granted some of the approaches described in this book seem hilariously outlandish Ther [...]
Not as interesting as his other Cabinets.
Fascinating and a bit funny Better read in dribs and drabs than in one sitting.