SICK HISTORY OF MEDICINE (NEON SQUID) (HB)

To make advances in science, you have to make a few mistakes along the way. Nowhere has this applied more than medicine. This hilarious history book whisks kids around the world to meet the innovators who pushed the boundaries of what was possible, with sometimes disastrous effects. Learn about the use of leeches, maggot therapy, dancing plagues, public dissections, grave robbers, electric eel treatments, exploding teeth - and the development of some of our greatest inventions, like vaccines and X-rays.