{"product_id":"sick-history-of-medicine-jelena-poleksic-9781916745018","title":"Sick History of Medicine","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!","brand":"Priddy Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49955133980960,"sku":"9781916745018","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781916745018.jpg?v=1785379359","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/sick-history-of-medicine-jelena-poleksic-9781916745018","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}