Quacks and con artists the dubious history of doctors / John Farndon ; illustrated by Venitia Dean.

Author/creator Farndon, John
Other author Dean, Venitia, 1976-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : Hungry Tomato, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. [2017]
Description1 online resource. illustrations
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete
Subjects

SeriesThe sickening history of medicine
Contents Cutting and drilling -- Old doctors -- Bad moods -- Body butchers -- Leeches and bloodletting -- Barbers and quacks -- New blood -- Sick hospitals -- Taking the pustule -- Can't feel a thing -- Medical times -- Doctors make me sick!
Scope and content "Modern doctors spend years studying science and the human body. But doctors in the past didn't have the same understanding we have today. Read this book to learn all about the history of doctors and their medical knowledge"--Provided by publisher.
General noteIncludes index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Issued in other formPrint version: Farndon, John, author. Quacks and con artists Minneapolis : Hungry Tomato, [2017] 9781512415605
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016026275
ISBN9781512427127 (eb pdf)