A sick history of medicine
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Kasperowicz, Ella Illustrator
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5-8
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More Details
Published:
New York, NY : Neon Squid, 2025.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
48 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781684494491, 1684494494, 9781684494491, 1684494494
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
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!
Target Audience
5-8
Target Audience
K-3
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APA Citation (style guide)
Poleksic, J., & Kasperowicz, E. (2025). A sick history of medicine. Neon Squid.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Poleksic, Jelena and Ella Kasperowicz. 2025. A Sick History of Medicine. Neon Squid.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Poleksic, Jelena and Ella Kasperowicz, A Sick History of Medicine. Neon Squid, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Poleksic, Jelena and Ella Kasperowicz. A Sick History of Medicine. Neon Squid, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Medicine and magic -- On the menu -- Achoo! -- Creepy-crawlies -- Body medicine -- Ghastly germs -- Plagues -- Too much poop! -- Vaccines -- Moldy medicine -- Secrets of the body -- Under the knife -- Oh, baby! -- Picking your brain -- The art of examination -- X-ray vision -- What a shock! -- A trip to the dentist -- Becoming a doctor -- Paving the way -- What's next? -- Glossary & Index -- Acknowledgements. | |
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