Doctors Killed George Washington
It's no joke that we are all fascinated by the medical profession and the people in it.
With Doctors Killed George Washington, trivia mavens Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo explore accidental medical discoveries, medical follies, bizarre cures, and more. This titillating tome puts doctors and medical history under the microscope and exposes more than 500 little-known facts and outrageous oddities from the wild world of medicine. Did you know? Before the advent of surgery, ancient Egyptian doctors put their patients under by hitting them on the head with a mallet.
Book details
- Author
- Erin Barrett, Jack Mingo
- Imprint
- Conari Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 224
- Formats
- Paperback
- Series
- Totally Riveting Utterly Entertaining Trivia
- Subjects
- Medical › History
Humor › Topic › Business & Professional
Medical › Reference
Reference › Curiosities & Wonders - Topics
- medical history · trivia · medical oddities · bizarre cures · accidental discoveries · humor · medical blunders
- ISBN-13
- 9781573247191
About the author
ERIN BARRETT and JACK MINGO are the co-authors of more than 20 books, including the bestselling Just Curious Jeeves, How the Cadillac Got Its Fins, and The Couch Potato Guide to Life.
Barrett and Mingo have written for The New York Times, Salon, Reader’s Digest, and The Washington Post, and have generated more than 30,000 questions for trivia games and game shows, including Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. They also write a nationally syndicated "This Day in History" column.
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