Title: The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities: An Unconventional Compendium of Health Facts and Oddities, from Asthmatic Mice to Plants that Can Kill
Author: Nick Bakalar
Publisher: Times Books
Year: 2009
240 pages
There was nothing wrong with this, and I mean the 2 stars in my Goodreads review in the Goodreads sense of "it was ok." However, it seemed more desultory than its brevity could accommodate and still seem complete, even in the "a little of this, a little of that" style.
I didn't learn much that I didn't already know, so I may be the wrong audience. Probably people who don't work in in medical/allied health professions would find it a more engaging and gripping reading experience. The information presented about which I have professional knowledge was generally correct, and in some cases I could identify the source material without checking the notes.
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