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Operation Ouch: Medical Milestones and Crazy Cures: Book 2

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Operation Ouch: Medical Milestones and Crazy Cures: Book 2
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr Chris van Tulleken
By (author) Dr Xand van Tulleken
SeriesOperation Ouch
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 126
ISBN/Barcode 9781405529815
ClassificationsDewey:610.9
Audience
Children's (6-12)
Illustrations Approx. 35 b/w integrated

Publishing Details

Publisher Hachette Children's Group
Imprint Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication Date 4 September 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Think you know your Smallpox from your Bubonic Plague? Try testing your knowledge of the history of medicine! a) What did the Ancient Egyptians treat with powdered ostrich egg? b) How did body snatchers help 19th-century medical students? c) Why did the Ancient Romans recommend drinking wee? ANSWERS: Dive in and find out! Dr Chris and Dr Xand draw back the bed curtains of history to take you on a tour of the body, revealing the gruesome secrets of medicine through the ages.

Author Biography

Dr Chris and Xand van Tulleken grew up in London and trained in medicine at Oxford University, graduating in 2002. They have combined NHS work with global health work and television appearing in Blizzard: Race to the Pole, Medicine Men and Medicine Men Go Wild, and in January 2014 appeared on Horizon. Operation Ouch! is their first series for children.