Medical Mysteries: From the Bizarre to the Deadly . . . The Cases That Have Baffled Doctors
- ISBN-10
- 1401309984
- ISBN-13
- 9781401309985
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08-04
- Publisher
- Hyperion
- Authors
- Ann Reynolds, Kenneth Wapner
Description
A tie-in to the popular show by the same name collects stories about unsolved medical conundrums involving rare and bizarre symptoms, from a girl who is allergic to water and a person with a fake foreign accent syndrome to a wolf man and a man who appears to be turning into a tree. Original. TV tie-in.
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- 2008
- 64 pages
- Paperback
- National Geographic Books
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