Dead ends! : flukes, flops & failures that sparked medical marvels

Titre
Dead ends! : flukes, flops & failures that sparked medical marvels

Lindsey, Fitzharris

Sommaire
"Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better. Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body-from brain, to heart, to limbs-during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them."--Provided by publisher.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2025

Description matérielle
150 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Terme de vedette-matière
Medical errors -- History.
 
Medicine -- History.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Teal, Adrian,

Résumé
"Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better. Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body-from brain, to heart, to limbs-during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them."--Provided by publisher.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781547615025

Informations de publication
New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025.
 
©2025


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