Description: Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages Author: Nathan Belofsky Title: Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages Publication: Tarcherperigee, 2013 Description: Paperback. New softcover in printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography and index. 213 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. Strange Medicine casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages that highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders. From bad science and oafish behavior to stomach-turning procedures that hurt more than helped, Strange Medicine presents strange but true facts and an honor roll of doctors, scientists, and dreamers who inadvertently turned the clock of medicine backward: - The ancient Egyptians applied electric eels to cure gout. - Medieval dentists burned candles in patients' mouths to kill invisible worms gnawing at their teeth. - Renaissance physicians timed surgical procedures according to the position of the stars, and instructed epileptics to collect fresh blood from the newly beheaded. - Dr. Walter Freeman, the world's foremost practitioner of lobotomies, practiced his craft while traveling on family camping trips, cramming the back of the station wagon with kids--and surgical tools--then hammering ice picks into the eye sockets of his patients in between hikes in the woods. Strange Medicine is an illuminating panorama of medical history as you've never seen it before. Seller ID: 100611 Subject: Medicine, World History The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Book Title: Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices
Author: Nathan Belofsky
Language: English
ISBN: 9780399159954
Publisher: Tarcherperigee
Publication Year: 2013
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