The two-headed boy, and other medical marvels

著者

• Bondeson, Jan

書誌事項

The two-headed boy, and other medical marvels

Jan Bondeson

Cornell University Press, 2000

• : cloth

タイトル別名

The two-headed boy

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295)

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their extraordinary bodies.Bondeson examines historical cases of dwarfism, extreme corpulence, giantism, conjoined twins, dicephaly, and extreme hairiness; his broader theme, however, is the infinite range of human experience. The dicephalous Tocci brothers and Lazarus Colloredo (from whose belly grew his malformed conjoined twin), the Swedish giant, and the king of Poland's dwarf-Bondeson considers these individuals not as "freaks" but as human beings born with sometimes appalling congenital deformities.He makes full use of original French, German, Dutch, Polish, and Scandinavian sources and explores elements of ethnology, literature, and cultural history in his diagnoses. Heavily illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, oil paintings, and photographs, The Two-Headed Boy and Other Medical Marvels combines a scientist's scrutiny with a humanist's wonder at the endurance of the human spirit. Contents: The Two Inseparable Brothers, and a PrefaceThe Hairy Maid at the HarpsichordThe Stone-childThe Woman Who Laid an EggThe Strangest Miracle in the WorldSome Words about Hog-faced GentlewomenHorned HumansThe Biddenden MaidsThe Tocci Brothers, and Other DicephaliThe King of Poland's CourtDwarf Daniel Cajanus, the Swedish GiantDaniel Lambert, the Human ColossusCat-eating Englishmen and French Frog-swallowers

目次

• The two inseparable brothers and a preface
• the hairy maid at the harpsichord
• the stone-child
• the woman who laid an egg
• the strangest miracle in the world
• some words about hog-faced gentlewomen
• horned humans
• the Biddenden maids
• the Tocci brothers, and other dicephali
• the King of Poland's court dwarf
• Daniel Cajanus, the Swedish giant
• Daniel Lambert, the human colossus
• cat-eating Englishmen and French frog-swallowers.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA50745356
• ISBN:
  • 0801437679
• LCCN: 00020902
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Ithaca, N.Y.
• ページ数/冊数: xxii, 295 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QM690
  • DC21 : 610
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Abnormalities, Human