The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush And Other Weird Medical Case Histories

by Myers, Robert; Myers, Rob; Myers, M D

• ISBN13: 9781550225693
• ISBN10: 1550225693
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Ecw Press

Summary

Strange tales of medical mishap and mystery

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1	(3)
FULL	4	(6)
BULLET	10	(6)
BEWARE OF MINERAL OIL	16	(6)
SWOLLEN GUMS	22	(6)
NEAR DEATH BY POTASSIUM	28	(6)
LAZARUS PHENOMENON	34	(6)
EARWIGS AND MOSQUITOES	40	(6)
AIRPLANE LAVATORY	46	(6)
HOT FLASHES IN A MAN	52	(6)
WINE BY THE BARREL	58	(6)
NOT SO SIMPLE APPENDICITIS	64	(4)
SHOCKING	68	(8)
EVERY MAN'S NIGHTMARE	76	(4)
A MISPLACED THERMOMETER	80	(6)
BLOODLESS TRAUMA	86	(6)
HAPPILY EVER AFTER	92	(6)
SEVERE INSECT BITES	98	(6)
A RUNNY NOSE	104	(6)
YEW NEVER KNOW	110	(6)
AUTOEROTIC DEATH	116	(4)
FRACTURES WHERE THERE IS NO BONE	120	(4)
ELECTRIC SHAVINGS	124	(4)
AN ODD ALLERGY	128	(6)
FOREIGN BODY	134	(6)
SEXUAL FEELINGS	140	(4)
BODY PAINTING	144	(6)
A STRANGE PLEURAL EFFUSION	150	(6)
SUCTION	156	(6)
THE WOMAN WHO SWALLOWED A TOOTHBRUSH	162	(6)
DROWNING IN A HOSPITAL	168	(6)
BEZOARS	174	(6)
ROVING EYES	180	(6)
WOODY WOODPECKERS A COMMUNIST	186	(6)
ZOOPHILIA	192	(6)
INSATIABLE	198	(6)
A TYPICAL CHEST PAIN	204	(6)
A RARE CAUSE OF ANEMIA	210	(8)
JOCKEYING FOR POSITION	218	(6)
DENTAL COMPLICATIONS	224	(6)
MUSCLE CAR	230	(8)
BAD HABITS	238	(6)
PROPER WOUND CARE	244	(8)
A TIMELY EVENT	252	(6)
METAL ILLNESS	258	(6)
PERSISTENT LAUGHTER	264	(4)
PERSISTENT ERECTION	268	(6)
MISSING BODY PARTS	274	(4)
DEATH FROM BAD BREATH	278	(6)
AN AGITATED BODYBUILDER	284	(6)
PENCIL PROBLEM	290	(6)
ROAD SIGN DEATH	296	(5)
AUTHOR'S NOTE	301