FREE SHIPPING on Orders of $40 or More!
Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies

It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well. But did you know that the art of making medicines goes back thousands of years? And early remedies weren't always so easy-or effective. Some seemed downright disgusting. Wine infused with a venomous snake cured fatigue and hair loss, Snail slime soothed burns. A mixture of ear wax and mud treated headaches. Discover how medicine was practiced centuries ago and how, eventually, scientists discovered some truly amazing remedies, from the magic bullet that treated syphilis to the insulin used for diabetes. Suddenly, strange medicine doesn't seem so strange! Read all the books in the Sickening History of Medicine series: Plague! Epidemics and Scourges Through the Ages, Quacks and Con Artists: The Dubious History of Doctors, Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies, Tiny Killers: When Bacteria and Viruses Attack

1125675238
Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies

It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well. But did you know that the art of making medicines goes back thousands of years? And early remedies weren't always so easy-or effective. Some seemed downright disgusting. Wine infused with a venomous snake cured fatigue and hair loss, Snail slime soothed burns. A mixture of ear wax and mud treated headaches. Discover how medicine was practiced centuries ago and how, eventually, scientists discovered some truly amazing remedies, from the magic bullet that treated syphilis to the insulin used for diabetes. Suddenly, strange medicine doesn't seem so strange! Read all the books in the Sickening History of Medicine series: Plague! Epidemics and Scourges Through the Ages, Quacks and Con Artists: The Dubious History of Doctors, Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies, Tiny Killers: When Bacteria and Viruses Attack

7.99 Out Of Stock
Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies

Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies

Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies

Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies

Overview

It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well. But did you know that the art of making medicines goes back thousands of years? And early remedies weren't always so easy-or effective. Some seemed downright disgusting. Wine infused with a venomous snake cured fatigue and hair loss, Snail slime soothed burns. A mixture of ear wax and mud treated headaches. Discover how medicine was practiced centuries ago and how, eventually, scientists discovered some truly amazing remedies, from the magic bullet that treated syphilis to the insulin used for diabetes. Suddenly, strange medicine doesn't seem so strange! Read all the books in the Sickening History of Medicine series: Plague! Epidemics and Scourges Through the Ages, Quacks and Con Artists: The Dubious History of Doctors, Strange Medicine: A History of Medical Remedies, Tiny Killers: When Bacteria and Viruses Attack

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781512430769
Publisher: Hungry Tomato
Publication date: 01/28/2017
Pages: 32
Product dimensions: 6.60(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile: 1050L (what's this?)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

John Farndon is Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, technology, and nature.

Venitia Dean is a freelance illustrator who grew up in Brighton, UK. She has always loved drawing, ever since she could hold a pencil! As a teenager, she discovered a passion for figurative illustration, and then when she turned nineteen she was given a digital drawing tablet for her birthday and started transferring her work to the computer. She hasn't looked back since! As well as illustration, Venitia loves reading graphic novels and walking her dog, Peanut.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Ancient Medicine 8

Chinese Roots 10

It's Chemistry 12

Plucked Owls and Roast Kittens 14

Green Medicine 16

Willow Power 18

Finding a Magic Bullet 20

Moldy but Deadly 22

Natural Killers 24

Sugar in the Blood 26

Medicine Through Time 28

The Right Prescription 30

Glossary 31

Index 32

From the B&N Reads Blog
Page 1 of

Customer Reviews