From Leeches to Slug Glue
From Leeches to Slug Glue by Roopa Pai, published by Penguin Books India PVT, Limited on September 25, 2019, is a 304-page exploration of the history of human health and healing. This book presents a collection of intriguing facts and stories spanning 2500 years, highlighting significant medical breakthroughs and the remarkable individuals behind them. Readers will encounter surprising nuggets of information that challenge conventional notions of medicine and wellness.
This edition invites readers to discover groundbreaking ideas and trivia related to the evolution of medical practices. Through engaging narratives, it covers a range of topics within juvenile nonfiction and history, making complex subjects accessible and entertaining. The book aims to inspire curiosity about the innovations and discoveries that have shaped modern medicine, encouraging readers to reflect on what it means to be ‘whole’ in the context of health.
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Did you know:
that the world’s first eye surgeon, who lived 2500 years ago, came from India?
Or that the standard textbook on medicine-for 600 years!-was written by a self-taught
physician from Persia?
Or that it was a seventeenth-century cloth merchant from Europe who discovered microorganisms?
Discover dozens of ‘No way!’ nuggets like these in this fun, info-packed romp through 2500 years of human health and healing. And prepare to be gobsmacked, entertained and inspired by the stories behind some of the most significant medical breakthroughs in history, and the extraordinary men and women behind them.
Featuring groundbreaking ideas, trivia, factoids, and more, this book will make you question your notions of what makes a person ‘whole’. And it will fill you with wonder at the innovations, inventions and discoveries that have made-and are continuing to make-the young science of modern medicine.
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