Horrible Science: Measly Medicine (Horrible Science)

by Nick Arnold

Tony De Saulles (Illustrator)

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This is a romp through the history of healthcare, hosted by the inimitable Dr Grimgrave. It includes chapters on ancient medicine - Stone Age trepanning, Chinese medicine, Romans, Greeks: the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages; the bloody operations before anaesthetics and hygiene were implemented; Florence Nightingale's nursing revolution and development of public; health; Life-saving surgery available today, including plastic surgery and transplants; and modern miracles - new drugs and treatment.
  • ISBN13 9780439955812
  • Publish Date 1 September 2006
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 25 February 2010
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Scholastic
  • Imprint Scholastic Hippo
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 144
  • Language English