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0241508541 
Paperback Kay's marvellous medicine : a (terrifyingly) true history of disgusting diseases and crazy cures / Adam Kay ; illustrated by Henry Paker.
Publication year: 2022
Media class: Paperback
Category: Non-fiction
Publisher: London : Puffin, 2022.
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780241508541 (pbk.) :
Available: 4
Number of reservations: 1
Description:
The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one tiny little problem back then - doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked. It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers' legs, and why people used to get paid for farting. (Unfortunately that's no longer a thing - sorry.) You'll get answers to questions like: Why did patients gargle with wee? How did a doctor save people's lives using a washing machine, a can of beans and some old sausages? What was the great stink? (No, it's not what doctors call your bum).
Juvenile.
Human body History Juvenile literature.
Medicine History Juvenile literature.
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Language: English
Media class: eBook
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Resource type: Electronic material
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Language: English
Media class: Large print
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Resource type: Physical
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Language: English
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Resource type: Physical
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Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media class: Talking book - CD
Publisher: Bolinda Audio,
Resource type: Physical
6 CDs (7 hr., 21 min.) : digital, stereo
spoken word
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