{"product_id":"the-medicine-cabinet-of-curiosities-nicholas-bakalar-9780805088540","title":"The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelightful doses of medical miscellany about wacky doctors and their curious patients, from their smallest bones (the stapes) to their heaviest organs (the liver)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this addictive collection of trivia, Nicholas Bakalar, the Vital Signs columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, spoons out the things you never realized you really want to know about your body and your health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBakalar shares the wonders of medicine, from medical firsts (in 1667, the first survivor of a blood transfusion received sheep's blood) to medical onlys (rabies is the only infectious disease that is 100 percent curable when treated and 100 percent fatal if not). He takes a tour of diseases that belong in horror movies: liquefying organs, flesh-eating bacteria, mushrooms sprouting in the throat. He notes remarkable remedies, such as dark chocolate, which can stand in for blood-pressure pills. And he dissects the chemistry of the human body (including the 0.0000000000000015259 percent that is radium). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a specialist's attention to the funny bone as well as the gray matter, Bakalar's \u003ci\u003eThe Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities \u003c\/i\u003etickles the curiosity of both the healthy and the hypochondriac, following Voltaire's dictum that the art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Bakalar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805088547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805088540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2009 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 65","brand":"Nick Bakalar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058197983487,"sku":"9780805088540","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be4ffb09-89ae-418f-a462-622075da0aa3.jpg?v=1685051197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-medicine-cabinet-of-curiosities-nicholas-bakalar-9780805088540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}