Dead ends! : flukes, flops & failures that sparked medical marvels / Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal ; illustrated by Adrian Teal.
| Author/creator | Fitzharris, Lindsey, 1982- author. |
| Other author | Teal, Adrian, author, illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025. |
| Description | 150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Dead ends! : flukes, flops and failures that sparked medical marvels |
| Contents | Head-shakers -- Racking your brains -- Life and limb -- Bleeding hearts -- Bad blood -- No guts, no glory -- Last gasps. |
| Abstract | "Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better. Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body-from brain, to heart, to limbs-during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-143) and index. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| ISBN | 9781547615025 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1547615028 (hardcover) |