Farndon, John,
Quacks & con artists / Quacks and con artists - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - The sickening history of medicine .
Includes index. "The dubious history of doctors"--Cover. "Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page.
Introduction -- Cutting and drilling -- Old doctors -- Bad moods -- Body butchers-the Anatomists -- Leeches and bloodletting -- Barbers and quacks -- New blood -- Sick hospitals -- Taking the pustule -- Can't feel a thing -- Medical times -- Doctors make me sick!
"Modern doctors spend years studying science and the human body. But doctors in the past didn't have the same understanding we have today. Read this book to learn all about the history of doctors and their medical knowledge"--
Grades 4 to 6.
9781512415605 (library bound : alkaline paper) 9781512430776 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2016025302
Quacks and quackery--History--Juvenile literature.
Physicians--History--Juvenile literature.
Medicine--History--Juvenile literature.
R730 / .F37 2017
610.69/5
Quacks & con artists / Quacks and con artists - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - The sickening history of medicine .
Includes index. "The dubious history of doctors"--Cover. "Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page.
Introduction -- Cutting and drilling -- Old doctors -- Bad moods -- Body butchers-the Anatomists -- Leeches and bloodletting -- Barbers and quacks -- New blood -- Sick hospitals -- Taking the pustule -- Can't feel a thing -- Medical times -- Doctors make me sick!
"Modern doctors spend years studying science and the human body. But doctors in the past didn't have the same understanding we have today. Read this book to learn all about the history of doctors and their medical knowledge"--
Grades 4 to 6.
9781512415605 (library bound : alkaline paper) 9781512430776 (paperback : alkaline paper)
2016025302
Quacks and quackery--History--Juvenile literature.
Physicians--History--Juvenile literature.
Medicine--History--Juvenile literature.
R730 / .F37 2017
610.69/5