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Strange Medicine. A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages (Record no. 80676)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780399159954
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Belofsky, Nathan
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Strange Medicine. A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Book
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General note Monograph
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Synopsis: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.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks)
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total Checkouts Class number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
        Countess of Chester NHS Library Countess of Chester NHS Library Main Shelves 24/06/2024   NOFIC BEL COU00000657 24/06/2024 24/06/2024 Book, Standard Loan (4 weeks)