Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages by Nathan Belofsky

Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages

Nathan Belofsky

213 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
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An irreverent jaunt through medical history's most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders.The ancient Egyptians applied electric eels to cure migraines. Medieval dentists burned candles in patients' mouths to kill invisible worms ...

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