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Odd medical cures / by Michael J. Rosen and Ben Kassoy ; illustrated by Pat Sandy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: No way!Publisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2014]Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0761389873 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
  • 9780761389873 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Don't-try-it diets : weight loss schemes -- Shoo, fly! wait, come back! : maggot therapy -- This may sting a little : venom therapy -- Stringing yourself along : sutra neti -- Good vibrations : radionics -- That's shocking! : electric therapy -- Poison, poisOFF! : chelation -- Quack is whack : quackery -- Burn, baby, burn! : moxibustion, ear candling, and fire cupping -- Chill out! : cryogenics -- Go with the flow : phlebotomy -- Messy medicine : mud baths and hay baths -- Rock out! : crystal and gemstone therapies.
Summary: Find out about odd medical cures of past and present!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 615.88 R813 Available 33111007480334
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Would you believe bee's venom could help you feel better? How about a candle in your ear, or a string running through your nostrils? People have used all sorts of kooky remedies to fight pain and illness. Some work. Others, not so much. Find out more about odd medical cures of past and present!

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Don't-try-it diets : weight loss schemes -- Shoo, fly! wait, come back! : maggot therapy -- This may sting a little : venom therapy -- Stringing yourself along : sutra neti -- Good vibrations : radionics -- That's shocking! : electric therapy -- Poison, poisOFF! : chelation -- Quack is whack : quackery -- Burn, baby, burn! : moxibustion, ear candling, and fire cupping -- Chill out! : cryogenics -- Go with the flow : phlebotomy -- Messy medicine : mud baths and hay baths -- Rock out! : crystal and gemstone therapies.

Find out about odd medical cures of past and present!

Ages 8-11.

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