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Summary: Vague writing, misleading title
Review: This is the most vague "medical" book I've ever read. The book description is also misleading. I thought this would be a book solely based on strangely-named syndromes and bizarre remedies. Oh sure, there are a few hazy descriptions of those, but then I'm treated to endless pages on breast augmentation, Botox, and endless definitions of parasites?Nothing in this book is described in detail. It reads more like, "I heard about this guy who heard about this girl who...." The author's attempts at humor are scattered on every page and become very irritating, especially when she keeps trying to reinforce that these are serious diseases/syndromes and should not be made light of. (And given that this IS a "medical" book, not a "humor" book, I don't really understand the "comedy" attempts.) Also, did ANY of the information in this book come from an actual hard copy source? The internet sources are listed on almost every other page and don't lend to credibility. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, especially anyone in the medical field, as half of the information in this book is common knowledge to anyone interested in medicine already. The entirety of this book could have been condensed to a few webpage links and you would have received the same (and probably more straight-foward and detailed) information. With such a good premise, I don't really understand the "cop-out" feeling of this book.
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