WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED. This revolting history of medicine through the ages by Jelena Poleksic is full of blood, guts, and gore!

If you don't like going to the doctor, spare a thought for your ancestors. Got a headache? We can drill into your skull! Need to buy medicine? Can we recommend a dose of ground-up Egyptian mummy? Want to fight off diseases? Try smelling a stinky cesspit.

It's well-known that to make advances in science you have to make a few mistakes along the way. In this hilarious history book kids will be whisked around the world--from ancient Rome to imperial China--to meet the medical innovators who pushed the boundaries of what was possible, with sometimes disastrous effects. They'll learn about the use of leeches, maggot-therapy (as gross as it sounds), dancing plagues, public dissections, grave robbers, electric eel treatments, exploding teeth, and much more!

Written by a doctor, everything in this book has been scrupulously researched and readers will learn about the development of some of our greatest inventions, from vaccines to X-rays. Amusing illustrations by Ella Kasperowicz make this a book kids will want to return to again and again.

The vile sequel to the equally revolting A Stinky History of Toilets!


|| 警告：嗶嗶！膽小者慎入！||
別說沒先告知……內有噁心之物，還有讓人又怕又好奇的各種實驗！ 

＼最驚奇的醫學演化史／
人類歷史上最異想天開的魔法偏方與暗黑實驗，即將被攤在陽光下！
一起見證人們如何從失敗中吸取經驗、從實證中推動科學進展，
創建健康和先進醫學的未來！

生病要吃藥看醫生，但你是否知道人類曾有各種瘋狂的治療方式……
．砍了螞蟻的頭，來縫合傷口吧！
．頭疼嗎？古埃及陶製小鱷魚讓你痛痛飛走！
．用亮晶晶通寧水，來懲罰恐怖瘧疾！
．令人作嘔的蛆，竟然是傷口痊癒小幫手？
．把臭臭尿液當牙膏，可使牙齒閃閃發光！
．沾有皇室血液的手帕，是治百病的仙丹？
．中世紀的手術，可是由理髮師操刀？

歡迎進入一個沒有抗生素、沒有麻醉藥的暗黑世界──你會遇到在半夜出沒的盜墓賊，他們專門為醫學院提供「新鮮」屍體，用來解剖與研究身體內部；也會認識那些用糞汁來治療腹瀉的醫生，或是在城市糞坑裡聞臭氣、以維持身體健康的怪人；還會看到人血製成的果醬，拿來當成補充元氣的補品！

這本書不僅充滿獵奇故事，更是一趟引人入勝的醫學與藥物演化之旅。它揭露人類的科學進步，就是不斷犯錯並從中學習的過程。從古老的放血療法，到驚人的疫苗發明；從中世紀由理髮師操刀的手術，到能透視人體內部的 X 光影像；從荒謬的跳舞瘟疫，到拯救數百萬人性命的青黴素——每一個突破，都建立在無數次失敗與嘗試之上。

這本由精神科醫生撰寫，將帶你穿越時空，見證那些超乎想像、卻真實存在過的醫學奇聞。你會發現，許多你認為不正常、甚至瞠目結舌的療法，在過去都是堂堂正正的「治療妙招」！

準備好踏上這趟令人感到詭譎、驚嚇滿分，卻又忍不住讀下去的旅程了嗎？一起來認識這些改變世界的瞬間時刻，探索開路先鋒們如何憑藉勇氣與瘋狂，將醫學從魔法與偏方，一步步推向如今所認知的現代醫學與藥物吧！

本書特色

特色１　用看似不正經的文字，敘述實質正經且具精實根據的暗黑醫學史。
特色２　以滑稽瘋狂的繪圖風格，讓嚴肅議題好閱讀、易理解。
特色３　以古鑑今，理解從不斷犯錯中，一步步換來科學的進步。

——中文簡介摘自親子天下出版《醫療噁歷史》