Weird Cures: The Most Hilarious, Disgusting and Downright Dangerous Medical Treatments Ever - Tapa blanda

Fram, Joel; Salmans, Sandra

 
9780762427222: Weird Cures: The Most Hilarious, Disgusting and Downright Dangerous Medical Treatments Ever
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ISBN 10: 0762427221 ISBN 13: 9780762427222
Editorial: Running Press,U.S., 2006

Sinopsis

Weird Cures is a catalog of very strange, sometimes hilarious, often horrifying cures that were actually used by physicians, and then discredited. Some of these so-called cures are beyond belief! For instance: Mercury, now known to be highly toxic, was once thought to draw poison from the body. It was even administered for routine ills like constipation and toothaches! Strappado, a technique in which patients are strapped to ladders and dropped from significant heights, was used to correct spinal misalignments. It is now considered torture.
Weird Cures is a compendium of these bizarre and sometimes fatal treatments. This fun look at medical history will fascinate and astonish, and make you laugh and gasp at the same time.

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Acerca del autor

Joel Fram was the proprietor of Eeyore's Books for Children in New York City for nineteen years. He is the co-author of I Heard It through the Playground: 616 Best Tips from the Mommy and Daddy Network for Raising a Happy, Healthy Child from Birth to Age Five. He lives in Philadelphia. Sandra Salmans is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer. She is the co-author of The Working Mother's Guilt Guide: Whatever You're Doing You're Not Doing Enough. She has written for Newsweek and reported for The New York Times.

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Editorial
Running Press,U.S.
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0762427221
ISBN 13 
9780762427222
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
128
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