Germophobia: Dumb Doctors, Botched Operations, and All Manner of Bad Medicine

Uncle John's Facts and Trivia

by Bathroom Readers' Institute

For more than 25 years, there’s always been a home in Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader for those stories about doctor visits or routine surgeries gone horribly wrong--the wrong limb getting amputated, the wrong person getting a transplant, the nurse who didn’t notice her patient had died . . . for three days. Because we never get tired of reading about big boo-boos (as long as they’re happening to someone else), here is a whole book of the troubling and funny stories of when good health care goes bad.

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- The woman who needed her gall bladder out…so she removed it herself
- The man who waited in an emergency room…for three weeks
- The heart surgeon who got caught drawing his signature on his work
- And many more stories of dreadful doctors, hospital horrors, and bad medicine.

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Medicine, Humor, Reference

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 10, 2013

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Reviews

[Bob Cantrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uncle John has done it again. I may have to wrap myself in plastic from now on when I leave the house. But really this was a fun book on germs and other health issues. From deadly bacteria to doctors, who got their license to practice from who knows where, it is all fun and games for somebody. If you are a person, who wants to find some new disease to worry about, then grab a copy of this book and have fun. One last thing the stories in this book are too bizarre not to be real.

[Dan Stern · Rating 1 out of 5]

this one is a real downer. Filled with stories of botched operations and hospital visits, diseases people didn't even know existed.and not really about germs, more about silly stories.This particular book is very creepy. It is such a bad advertisement for doctors, surgery and hospitals that the anxious should stay away. If you can handle the gross, weird and terrifying things related to healthcare then this is your book

["How Do You Pronounce That?" · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious and just the thing for anyone who loves a good medical story! If you like this book, I would highly recommend “Sawbones:A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine”, a podcast that touches on a lot of the stories in greater detail. Overall, funny and light - just the thing I needed.

[Brenda Moore · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an easy to read book, interesting book but I did find some incorrect information. I recommend reading it for enjoyment but not as a medical reference.

[Benjamin Page · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty crazy and interesting stuff. This along with the experiences my wife has had with doctors solidifies my resolve to only go to a doctor as a last resort and after much prayer.

[Patricia Atkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

medical blunders and doctor mishaps makes you wonder after you read if you want to seek medical help or not lol

[Eric Parsons · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unsourced and humorless with some blatantly false statements. At least it was cheap. Avoid.

[Nicholas Aune · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll admit. I love medical horror stories, and this book is full of them. That being said, this book really isn't that informative. The book just goes for shock value and gross out humor. The jokes are inappropriate, especially considering the subject matter ( a tragic story of a man who almost died because operating tools were left inside of him post surgery is not an outlet for a crappy pun). If you like medical anomalies and nightmares like I do, give the book a read. But I really can't recommend this book for any other reason, and I especially don't recommend reading it in public.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you are looking for a book of facts that are supposed to shock, awe, disgust, and frighten you, then this could be the book for you. Medical horror stories are compiled to try to make you distrust the medical establishment, or laugh at its incompetence. Nothing fancy, but it's a bathroom reader, so I wouldn't expect anything more.

[Carrie Courter · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is your typical Uncle Johns book, only focusing on health, medicine, and practitioners. Only complaint is there were some word/grammatical errors. Otherwise, if you like the Bathroom Readers, and like medical history and oddities, you will enjoy this book.

[victor harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amusing trip through medical mishaps and bizarre cures. Nice bite-sized reading bits that can be shared with friends.

[Abraham Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

good book of medical trivia!