Jan Bondeson

January Bondeson ( born December 17, 1962) is a Swedish doctor and writer.

January Bondeson studied at Lund University and then took up a teaching post at the University Hospital of Malmö. He specialized in rheumatology. In this field, he conducted research in the 1990s at the University of Lund in a direction of Roger Sundler project. 1996 doctorate Bondeson with results from this project and took on a job at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and at Charing Cross Hospital in London. Since 2001 he teaches at Cardiff University.

Jan Bondeson wrote in addition to numerous essays and books on the history of medicine topics, where he usually took up cases that would come to meet the sensationalism of Sideshow visitors.

Works (selection)

  • The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History, 1999
  • Buried alive. Story of a primal fear (English: Buried Alive The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear. ), 2002, ISBN 3-455-09364-7
  • The London Monster. A Sanguinary Tale. , 2002
  • The Great Pretenders. The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteries, 2004
  • The Two - Headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels, 2004
  • Freaks. The Pig -Faced Lady of Manchester Quare and Other Medical Marvels, 2006
  • The Cat Orchestra and the Elephant Butler. The Strange History of Amazing Animals, 2006
  • The case of Olof Palme (English: . Blood on the Snow The Killing of Olof Palme ), 2007, ISBN 3-86601-085-0
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