anomalies

[tracymort]

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/GouAnom. html I read this book Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine years ago and wondered is any of this true. It's just so weird!

[vanilla]

It's an old book, so some of the 'facts' aren't based on scientific observation - some of the stuff reported is based on ancient greek stories and mediaeval sources which may be inaccurate. However, I've seen a modern book on much the same subject with full colour pics, and there are preserved samples in medical museums of acephalic foetuses and many other things mentioned - so yes, by and large, it IS true!