Operation Ouch: Medical Milestones and Crazy Cures - Book 2

Think you know your Smallpox from your Bubonic Plague? Try testing your knowledge of the history of medicine! a) What did the Ancient Egyptians treat with powdered ostrich egg? b) How did body snatchers help 19th-century medical students? c) Why did the Ancient Romans recommend drinking wee? ANSWERS: Dive in and find out! Dr Chris and Dr Xand draw back the bed curtains of history to take you on a tour of the body, revealing the gruesome secrets of medicine through the ages.

About the author

Dr Chris and Xand van Tulleken grew up in London and trained in medicine at Oxford University, graduating in 2002.

They have combined NHS work with global health work and television appearing in Blizzard: Race to the Pole, Medicine Men and Medicine Men Go Wild, and in January 2014 appeared on Horizon. Operation Ouch! is their first series for children.

Summary

A tie-in to the hit CBBC series, this is the second Operation Ouch! title, covering the history of medicine - one body part at a time!

Product details

• Authors: Chris van Tulleken, Xand van Tulleken, Chris Van Tulleken, Dr Chris van Tulleken, Dr Xand van Tulleken, Dr. Chris Van Tulleken, Dr. Xand van Tulleken, Xand van Tulleken
• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781405529815
• ISBN: 978-1-4055-2981-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Operation Ouch; Operation Ouch
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Discoveries, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / History of Science, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / First Aid, Interest age: from c 9 years, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), For primary education, Horrible Histories; facts; doctor; hu-manual; STEM