Author(s): Poleksic, Jelena,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 06/03/2025,
Pagination: 48 pages,
Series: Wacky Histories,
Imprint: Priddy Books,
Published By: PRIDDY BOOKS ,
Book Classification: History & the past: general interest (Children's/YA)
Dimensions: 287 x 234 x 11mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781916745018

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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 smelling a stinky cesspit.

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!