Quacks & con artists /
By: Farndon, John [author.]
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Contributor(s): Dean, Venitia [illustrator.].
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BookSeries: The sickening history of medicine.Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Hungry Tomato, [2017]Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781512415605 (library bound : alkaline paper); 9781512430776 (paperback : alkaline paper).Other title: Quacks and con artists.Subject(s): Quacks and quackery -- History -- Juvenile literature | Physicians -- History -- Juvenile literature | Medicine -- History -- Juvenile literatureAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Quacks and con artistsDDC classification: 610.69/5 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Manitoba School for the Deaf Library | 610.69/5/FAR (Browse shelf) | Available | 015770 |
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"-- Provided by publisher.
Grades 4 to 6.
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