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Wild Medicine: Shocking Operations and Facts from the History of Medicine

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- Did the Great Fire of London really help fight the plague?
- Why was arsenic so widely used in medicine?
- Why did the ancient Egyptians apply moldy bread to wounds?
- Does chocolate cause acne, and how long does it take for chewing gum to digest?

Medicine isn't just scientific theories, healing practices, and great discoveries; it's a part of human history, rich with oddities, myths, and misconceptions.

This book contains the most bizarre, yet true, facts about ancient medical knowledge, the hypotheses and experiments of ancient physicians, and the medicines and procedures that have taken place throughout the history of medicine. But the author didn't limit himself to stories from the past and included specific questions that still pique the curiosity of modern people: for example, why warts appear, whether people go crazy during a full moon, and what percentage of our brains we use.
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