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Mark Twain and medicine
"any mummery will cure"
By Ober, Kenneth M.
- ISBN
- 978-0-82621-502-4
- Publisher
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2003.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2004
Ober (internal medicine, Wake Forest Univ. Sch. of Medicine) has written an extensive account of an unexpected but fascinating subject. Twain's writing is rich in medical references and metaphors; diseases and attempted cures were a major element in the lives of Samuel Clemens and his family. Chapters cover such topics as scarlet fever, cholera, patent medicines, ele...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
