I feel better with a frog in my throat : history's strangest cures /

I feel better with a frog in my throat : history's strangest cures /

Takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour to discover that while times may have changed, many of today's most reliable cure-alls have their roots in some very peculiar practices.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beccia, Carlyn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010.
Subjects:
Therapeutics > History > Juvenile literature.
Traditional medicine > History > Juvenile literature.
Medical misconceptions > History > Juvenile literature.
Therapeutics > History.
Traditional medicine > History.
Medical misconceptions > History.
Description
Summary:Takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour to discover that while times may have changed, many of today's most reliable cure-alls have their roots in some very peculiar practices.
Item Description:"1062172"--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description:48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 x 29 cm.
Audience:004-008.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 48).
ISBN:9780547225708 (hc)
0547225709 (hc)