Author: Carlyn Beccia Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Children, Picture books, History, Science
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ISBNs: 9780547225708 0547225709 |
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It wasn't too long ago that people tried all sorts of things to help sick people feel better. They tried wild things like drinking a glass full of millipedes or putting some mustard on one's head. Some of the cures worked, and some of them'¦well, let's just say that millipedes, living or dead, are not meant to be ingested. Carlyn Beccia takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour to discover that while times may have changed, many of today's most reliable cure-alls have their roots in some very peculiar practices, and so relevant connections can be drawn from what they did then to what we do now.
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