The Woman Who Swallowed Her Cat: And Other Bizarre Medical Cases
By (Author) Rob Myers
ECW Press,Canada
ECW Press,Canada
1st October 2011
Canada
General
Non Fiction
610
Paperback
312
Width 140mm, Height 215mm
420g
In The Woman Who Swallowed Her Cat, Dr. Rob Myers presents intriguing, humorous, unbelievable and dark vignettes of real medical life. Readers will be surprised by the truth as patients present to their doctors with usual symptoms that are masking very unusual diagnoses - and they'll be left to wonder how anyone in the world could be affected by these one-of-a-kind medical maladies.
"Though the stories are sometimes cringe-worthy, this book, much like the proverbial car crash it includes, is hard to resist peeking at." -- Terri Schlichenmeyer
Rob Myers, MD, is a cardiologist and the author of "Take It to Heart "and "The Woman Who Swallowed a Toothbrush." He lives in Toronto.