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This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

This wryly humorous collection of stories about bizarre medical treatments and cases offers a unique portrait of Victorian medicine in all its grisly weirdness. "...a bewildering walk through medical history that will astonish readers."--Lydia Kang, MD, author of Quackeryry

Thomas Morris worked for the BBC for seventeen years making programmes for Radio 4 and Radio 3. For five years he was the producer of In Our Time, and previously worked on Front Row, Open Book and The Film Programme. His freelance journalism has appeared in publications including The Times, The Lancet and The Cricketer. In 2015 he was awarded a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award for non-fiction. He lives in London.

Excerpt from An Historical, Descriptive, and Biographical Handbook to the Exhibition of the United Kingdom's Art Treasures, at Manchester, 1857In the early part of 1856, several of the in¿uential mer chants and manufacturers of Manchester, most of whom had visited the Paris Exhibition in the preceding summer, as well as the Dublin Exhibition in 1853, were, 'in their admiration of the fine arts, forcibly impressed with a remark made by Dr. Vvaa...

Excerpt from An Historical, Descriptive, and Biographical Handbook to the Exhibition of the United Kingdom's Art Treasures, at Manchester, 1857In the early part of 1856, several of the in¿uential mer chants and manufacturers of Manchester, most of whom had visited the Paris Exhibition in the preceding summer, as well as the Dublin Exhibition in 1853, were, 'in their admiration of the fine arts, forcibly impressed with a remark made by Dr. Vvaa...

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In Philosophy and the Christian Faith, Thomas V. Morris brings together prominent contemporary philosophers to examine a number of doctrines central to traditional Christian theology. The essays straddle a complete spectrum of topics such as original sin, salvation, the Trinity, and eschatological pragmatism, all to the end of launching new philosophical research into the foundational ideas of Christian faith. The perspectives peculiar to Chri...

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Miscellanies in Prose and Verse is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1791.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly pub...

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from Journal of Captain Thomas Morris, of His Majesty's XVII Regiment of Infantry: Detroit, September 25, 1764It is evident, therefore, that the journal, unlike most Of the others we publish in this volume, was dressed up for publication, and purposely given a dramatic turn. The Official report Of the expedition, as sent to Bradstreet, together with letters from Morris to his superior, are in the British Public Record Office, still unp...

With the humour and irreverence of a "Horrible Histories" book for adults, a look at the gruesome and bizarre road to modern medicine across cases of injured body, mind and spirit.