Strange medicine : a shocking history of real medical practices through the ages /
Belofsky, Nathan.
Strange medicine : a shocking history of real medical practices through the ages / Nathan Belofsky. - First edition. - viii, 213 pages ; 21 cm
"A Perigee Book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and index.
Growing pains -- Medicine's dark ages -- The "Renaissance" -- The age of heroic medicine.
Belofsky casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages and highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders.
0399159959 (pbk.) 9780399159954 (pbk.)
2013007162
Medicine--History.
Traditional medicine--History.
Strange medicine : a shocking history of real medical practices through the ages / Nathan Belofsky. - First edition. - viii, 213 pages ; 21 cm
"A Perigee Book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and index.
Growing pains -- Medicine's dark ages -- The "Renaissance" -- The age of heroic medicine.
Belofsky casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages and highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders.
0399159959 (pbk.) 9780399159954 (pbk.)
2013007162
Medicine--History.
Traditional medicine--History.