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Discover the astonishing and peculiar history of medicine with this perfect gift for history buffs, doctors, and anyone looking to be amazed by the brilliant and bizarre ideas that shaped the world of medicine as we know it.

From the use of electric eels in ancient Egypt to medieval dentists burning candles to combat invisible worms, this book uncovers the weirdest medical practices throughout history, highlighting the most dubious ideas, strangest treatments, and biggest blunders. Entertaining, shocking, and sometimes stomach-turning, Strange Medicine presents strange but true facts and an honor roll of doctors, scientists, and dreamers who inadvertently turned the clock of medicine backward.

Did you know:

• Renaissance physicians timed surgical procedures according to the position of the stars?
• Blood from beheadings was believed to cure epilepsy?
• Dr. Walter Freeman, the world’s foremost practitioner of lo

Strange Medicine A Shocking History of Real

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780399159954, 978-0399159954
      ISBN10: 0399159959
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Discover the astonishing and peculiar history of medicine with this perfect gift for history buffs, doctors, and anyone looking to be amazed by the brilliant and bizarre ideas that shaped the world of medicine as we know it.

      From the use of electric eels in ancient Egypt to medieval dentists burning candles to combat invisible worms, this book uncovers the weirdest medical practices throughout history, highlighting the most dubious ideas, strangest treatments, and biggest blunders. Entertaining, shocking, and sometimes stomach-turning, Strange Medicine presents strange but true facts and an honor roll of doctors, scientists, and dreamers who inadvertently turned the clock of medicine backward.

      Did you know:

      • Renaissance physicians timed surgical procedures according to the position of the stars?
      • Blood from beheadings was believed to cure epilepsy?
      • Dr. Walter Freeman, the world’s foremost practitioner of lo

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