151. Why you Should Store your Farts in a Jar by David Haviland

BOOK REVIEW: Why you Should Store your Farts in a Jar by David Haviland

Honestly, how many of are ignorant of history facts in the medical field, especially the gross, the weird, the macabre and the downright disgusting? Yup, that's right, I can see those hands in the air. If you are able to stomach some gruesome information, then this book is the one for you.

In this delightful new book in the Oddball Yet Fascinating Series that began with the bestseller Why you Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless (or Gross) Information About your Body, the author plumbs the world of medicine to uncover the answers to such vitally important quaestions. Some of them are:

1. What medicinal use did the ancient Egyptians find for crocodile dung?
2. Is it safe to fly with breast implants?
3. Which renowned nineteenth-century surgeon accidentally cut off a patient's testicle.

A thoroughly enjoyable investigation into some of the most gruesome stories in medical history, from the barbaric sawbones of the ancient world, through the snake oil peddlers of the industrial age, and up to some of today's most dubious medical practices (or malpractices), this book is sure to delight fans of the obscure, absurd and grotesque.

However, please don't confront your doctors on some of his practices based on this book. He just may 'accidentally' leave a medical instrument in you during an operation....you have been warned....