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Operation Ouch: Medical Milestones and Crazy Cures

Book 2

Chris van Tulleken, Author

Xand van Tulleken, Author

Paperback

Series: Operation Ouch

Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Publication date: September 4, 2014

Category: Science: general interest

ISBN: 9781405529815

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Think you know your Smallpox from your Bubonic Plague? Try testing your knowledge of the history of medicine!

a) What did the Ancient Egyptians treat with powdered ostrich egg?
b) How did body snatchers help 19th-century medical students?
c) Why did the Ancient Romans recommend drinking wee?

ANSWERS: Dive in and find out!

Dr Chris and Dr Xand draw back the bed curtains of history to take you on a tour of the body, revealing the gruesome secrets of medicine through the ages.