The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush
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The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush

And Other Bizarre Medical Cases

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush

And Other Bizarre Medical Cases

About this book

Drawing from real medical journal cases, a doctor shares true stories about strange symptoms and perplexing patients.
 
Those in the medical profession know that sometimes the cases that come into emergency rooms or doctor's offices can be highly unusual—and depending on how things go, the results can be either tragic or comic. This collection of stories reveals some of the oddest and most memorable case histories, from the woman who claims she was brushing her teeth when she swallowed her toothbrush—but in fact was a bulimic using it to induce vomiting—to the man whose routine elective back surgery revealed he'd been carrying a bullet around in his body for years.
 
From the funny to the frightening, these documented memorable medical mysteries make for fascinating reading.
 

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Information

Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9781550225693
eBook ISBN
9781554902439
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medicine Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Copyright page
  3. Title page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Full
  8. Bullet
  9. Beware of Mineral Oil
  10. Swollen Gums
  11. Near Death by Potassium
  12. Lazarus Phenomenon
  13. Earwigs and Mosquitoes
  14. Airplane Lavatory
  15. Hot Flashes in a Man
  16. Wine by the Barrel
  17. Not So Simple Appendicitis
  18. Shocking
  19. Every Man’s Nightmare
  20. A Misplaced Thermometer
  21. Bloodless Trauma
  22. Happily Ever After
  23. Severe Insect Bites
  24. A Runny Nose
  25. Yew Never Know
  26. Autoerotic Death
  27. Fractures where there is no Bone
  28. Electric Shavings
  29. An Odd Allergy
  30. Foreign Body
  31. Sexual Feelings
  32. Body Painting
  33. A Strange Pleural Effusion
  34. Suction
  35. The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush
  36. Drowning in a Hospital
  37. Bezoars
  38. Roving Eyes
  39. Woody Woodpecker’s a Communist
  40. Zoophilia
  41. Insatiable
  42. Atypical Chest Pain
  43. A Rare Cause of Anemia
  44. Jockeying for Position
  45. Dental Complications
  46. Muscle Car
  47. Bad Habits
  48. Proper Wound Care
  49. A Timely Event
  50. Metal Illness
  51. Persistent Laughter
  52. Persistent Erection
  53. Missing Body Parts
  54. Death from Bad Breath
  55. An Agitated Bodybuilder
  56. Pencil Problem
  57. Road Sign Death
  58. Author’s Note

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