The woman who swallowed a toothbrush And Other Weird Medical Case Histories

Summary: These brief, intriguing case histories drawn from medical journals involve unusual symptoms disguising real problems. For example, a woman who claims to have swallowed a toothbrush while brushing her teeth is exposed as a bulimic who was actually using the brush to induce vomiting. This and other gruesome, surprising, perplexing, and humorous cases are presented as medical riddles for readers to diagnose and solve.

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ISBN: 9781554902439 (electronic bk)
Physical Description: electronic
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1 online resource
Publisher: 2012.

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Electronic reproduction. Toronto : ECW Press, 2012. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4060 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).