02470cam a2200445 i 4500 626075930 TxAuBib 20180124120000.0 160606s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016025651 9781512415599 hardcover 1512415596 hardcover DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF BTCTA YDX BDX PNX UPZ UAP OCLCO YU2 HHO NDS TXAAL TxAuBib rda Farndon, John, author Strange medicine. Strange medicine / by John Farndon ; illustrated by Venitia Dean. Minneapolis, MN : Hungry Tomato, [2017] ©2017. 32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sickening history of medicine, The Includes index. "A history of medical remedies"--Cover. "Original edition copyright 2016 by Hungry Tomato Ltd."--Preliminary page. Introduction -- Ancient medicine -- Chinese roots -- It's chemistry -- Plucked owls and roast kittens -- Green medicine -- Willow power -- Finding a magic bullet -- Moldy but deadly -- Natural killers -- Sugar in the blood -- Medicine through time -- The right prescription -- Glossary. It's easy to take a pill when we aren't feeling well. But did you know that the art of making medicines goes back thousands of years? Early remedies weren't always so easy--or effective. Some seemed downright disgusting. Wine infused with a venomous snake was used to cure fatigue and hair loss. Snail slime soothed burns, and a mixture of ear wax and mud treated headaches. Discover more about how medicine was practiced centuries ago and how, eventually, scientists discovered some truly amazing remedies, from the magic bullet that treated syphilis to the insulin used for diabetes. Age 8-12. Grade 4 to 6. 1050L Lexile. 20180124. Medicine History Juvenile literature. Medicine Juvenile literature. Alternative medicine Juvenile literature. Traditional medicine Juvenile literature. History. Dean, Venitia, 1976-, illustrator. sickening history of medicine, The. TXAAL