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.
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