A Sick History of Medicine

Name: A Sick History of Medicine
Brand: NEON SQUID US
Price: 40.83 AUD
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A Warts-And-All Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries

By: Jelena Poleksic, Ella Kasperowicz (Illustrator), Neon Squid

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Hardcover | 4 March 2025

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Hardcover
48 Pages

Age
5 - 8

Dimensions(cm)
27.99 x 22.81 x 2.54

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WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED. This revolting history of medicine through the ages by Jelena Poleksic is full of blood, guts, and gore

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.

The vile sequel to the equally revolting A Stinky History of Toilets

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