Weird medical inventions /
Stoltman, Joan,
Weird medical inventions / Joan Stoltman. - First edition. - 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - Wild and wacky inventions . - Wild and wacky inventions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A strange history -- Behind the medicine -- Let 'em bleed -- The purge "cure" -- Keeping clean -- Better eyes are easy! -- Shocking medicine -- Magnetic medicine -- Saving babies -- Radium: the cure-all -- How can they sell it?
Most people probably don't expect to see too many odd inventions at a hospital or doctor's office. However, over the years there have been quite a few offbeat medical products. Readers of this book will learn how and why these creations were invented and why many of them didn't take off. Vibrant photographs aid in the understanding of these wacky inventions, while sidebars and fact boxes add even more factual and high-interest content that will appeal to readers of many abilities, especially those with creative and imaginative minds.
9781538220832 1538220830 9781538220856 1538220857
2018005379
Medical instruments and apparatus--Juvenile literature.
Medical innovations--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Weird medical inventions / Joan Stoltman. - First edition. - 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - Wild and wacky inventions . - Wild and wacky inventions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A strange history -- Behind the medicine -- Let 'em bleed -- The purge "cure" -- Keeping clean -- Better eyes are easy! -- Shocking medicine -- Magnetic medicine -- Saving babies -- Radium: the cure-all -- How can they sell it?
Most people probably don't expect to see too many odd inventions at a hospital or doctor's office. However, over the years there have been quite a few offbeat medical products. Readers of this book will learn how and why these creations were invented and why many of them didn't take off. Vibrant photographs aid in the understanding of these wacky inventions, while sidebars and fact boxes add even more factual and high-interest content that will appeal to readers of many abilities, especially those with creative and imaginative minds.
9781538220832 1538220830 9781538220856 1538220857
2018005379
Medical instruments and apparatus--Juvenile literature.
Medical innovations--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.