Dead ends! flukes, flops & failures that sparked medical marvels
"Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Bloomsbury Children's Books,
2025.
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| Summary: | "Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better. Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body-from brain, to heart, to limbs-during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-143) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781547615025 1547615028 |
| Author Notes: | Lindsey Fitzharris is a New York Times bestselling author of The Butchering Art and The Facemaker , and the co-author of Plague-Busters! She holds a Ph.D. in the history of science and medicine from Oxford University, and regularly writes for major publications. She is also the writer and host of the Smithsonian TV series The Curious Life and Death of... . |
