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Odd medical cures / by Michael J. Rosen and Ben Kassoy ; illustrated by Pat Sandy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosen, Michael J., 1954- author.
- Kassoy, Ben, author.
- Series:
- Rosen, Michael J., 1954- No way!
- No way!
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Juvenile literature.
- Medicine.
- Traditional medicine--Juvenile literature.
- Traditional medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4677-1706-1
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