A sick history of medicine a warts-and-all book full of fun facts and disgusting discoveries
If you don't like going to the doctor, spare a thought for your ancestors. Got a headache? We can drill into your skull! Need to buy medicine? Can we recommend a dose of ground-up Egyptian mummy? Want to fight off diseases? Try carrying around one of your farts in a jar. It's well-known that to make...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Neon Squid US,
2025.
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| Summary: | If you don't like going to the doctor, spare a thought for your ancestors. Got a headache? We can drill into your skull! Need to buy medicine? Can we recommend a dose of ground-up Egyptian mummy? Want to fight off diseases? Try carrying around one of your farts in a jar. It's well-known that to make advances in science you have to make a few mistakes along the way. In this hilarious history book kids will be whisked around the world-from ancient Rome to imperial China-to meet the medical innovators who pushed the boundaries of what was possible, with sometimes disastrous effects. They'll learn about the use of leeches, maggot-therapy (as gross as it sounds), dancing plagues, public dissections, grave robbers, electric eel treatments, exploding teeth, and much more! Written by a doctor, everything in this book has been scrupulously researched and readers will learn about the development of some of our greatest inventions, from vaccines to X-rays. Amusing illustrations by Ella Kasperowicz make this a book kids will want to return to again and again. |
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| Physical Description: | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm |
| Audience: | K12. |
| ISBN: | 1684494494 9781684494491 |
| Author Notes: | Jelena Poleksic is a resident physician specializing in psychiatry with a passion for the history of medicine. She completed a graduate degree in the history and philosophy of science. You can find her on social media explaining the weirder aspects of medical history. Jelena is from Toronto, Canada. |
