Tome una antes de acostarse

Synopsis of Tome una antes de acostarse

«Tome una antes de acostarse» is a book of medical anecdotes by Dr. Alejandro Arís, published by Planeta in paperback (212 pages, in Spanish).

Alejandro Arís gathers anecdotes from the history of medicine: doctors' retorts to monarchs, encounters between researchers such as Severo Ochoa and Francisco Grande Covián, and chance discoveries like that of Viagra. With an ironic tone, the book shows errors, successes and unusual situations of the profession.

Published in 1998, it belongs to the collection «Las anécdotas de la medicina».

A book aimed at those curious about medicine and those seeking enjoyable popular science in the form of brief anecdotes.