{"product_id":"the-two-headed-boy-and-other-medical-marvels-1","title":"The Two-headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels","description":"\u003cp\u003eA successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of human development, the lives of the remarkable individuals concerned, and social reactions to their extraordinary bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBondeson examines historical cases of dwarfism, extreme corpulence, giantism, conjoined twins, dicephaly, and extreme hairiness; his broader theme, however, is the infinite range of human experience. The dicephalous Tocci brothers and Lazarus Colloredo (from whose belly grew his malformed conjoined twin), the Swedish giant, and the king of Poland's dwarf—Bondeson considers these individuals not as \"freaks\" but as human beings born with sometimes appalling congenital deformities. He makes full use of original French, German, Dutch, Polish, and Scandinavian sources and explores elements of ethnology, literature, and cultural history in his diagnoses. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeavily illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, oil paintings, and photographs, The Two-Headed Boy and Other Medical Marvels combines a scientist's scrutiny with a humanist's wonder at the endurance of the human spirit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Two Inseparable Brothers, and a Preface\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Hairy Maid at the Harpsichord\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Stone-child\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Woman Who Laid an Egg\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Strangest Miracle in the World\u003cbr\u003e\nSome Words about Hog-faced Gentlewomen\u003cbr\u003e\nHorned Humans\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Biddenden Maids\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Tocci Brothers, and Other Dicephali\u003cbr\u003e\nThe King of Poland's Court Dwarf\u003cbr\u003e\nDaniel Cajanus, the Swedish Giant\u003cbr\u003e\nDaniel Lambert, the Human Colossus\u003cbr\u003e\nCat-eating Englishmen and French Frog-swallowers\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Jan Bondeson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615193096572,"sku":"9780801489587","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780801489587_088a1a66-2f38-4117-9168-15a57f70423b.jpg?v=1725621411","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-two-headed-boy-and-other-medical-marvels-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}