The Humor of Healing:
An Amusing History of American Medicine
by Dr. Donald A. Johnson
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With anecdotes from three centuries, Dr. Donald A. Johnson shatters the physician facade with a hilarious look at mishaps, bizarre treatments, malaprops and malfunctions in American medicine. Here are a few examples:
• A trick used by midwives to bring on childbirth was to blow snuff up the expectant mother’s nose, causing her to sneeze. (Page 37)
• The husband of a sick woman became concerned when the doctor came out of her room several times asking for a small piece of wire with a hook, a pair of pliers and a small hammer. When the husband asked what was wrong with his wife, the doctor replied, “I don’t know. I haven’t been able to get my bag open.” (Page 97) |
• A surgeon once prayed with a patient in his room, asking God’s help in the next morning’s operation. The patient promptly cancelled the surgery, saying, “If you need that much help, I need another surgeon.” (Page 182)
• When a man was having a heart attack, his son tried to give him CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) but didn’t know how. In desperation, the son finally grabbed a toilet plunger and used it vigorously on the chest, bringing his father back to life. (Page 206)
Dr. Donald A. Johnson is a native of Spooner, Wisconsin, who studied at the University of Wisconsin in Superior and Madison. He received his medical degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 1945 and subsequent degrees in neurophysiology from the University of Minnesota. He practiced neurosurgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and for 30 years in Washington, D.C.
The Humor of Healing: An amusing history of American medicine
Publication date: January 2005
Softcover
ISBN 1-932542-13-2
Retail price: $16.95
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