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Operation Ouch: Medical Milestones and Crazy Cures: Book 2
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Full Title:
Operation Ouch: Medical Milestones and Crazy Cures: Book 2
Contributors:
By (Author) Dr Chris van Tulleken
By (author) Dr Xand van Tulleken
Series:
Publisher:
Hachette Children's Group
Imprint:
Little, Brown Young Readers
Publication Date:
28th October 2014
UK Publication Date:
4th September 2014
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Readership:
Children
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Other Subjects:
Educational: Sciences, general science
Dewey:
610.9
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
224
Dimensions:
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 24mm
Weight:
193g
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 eggb) How did body snatchers help 19th-century medical students c) Why did the Ancient Romans recommend drinking weeANSWERS: 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 Bio
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.