Dead Ends!: Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels
| AUTHOR | Fitzharris, Lindsey; Teal, Adrian; Teal, Adrian |
| PUBLISHER | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (10/14/2025) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
Description
From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about medicine's most fascinating failures and dead ends.
Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better. Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body-from brain, to heart, to limbs-during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them. This fascinating book of foul-ups is sure to delight young readers, and inspire them to embrace their failures, too!
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Product Details
ISBN-13:
9781547615025
ISBN-10:
1547615028
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
160
Carton Quantity:
20
Product Dimensions:
6.39 x 0.77 x 9.22 inches
Weight:
1.13 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Price on Product,
Ikids,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - History of Science
Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
Grade Level:
3rd Grade
- 7th Grade
Dewey Decimal:
610.9
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From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about medicine's most fascinating failures and dead ends.
Beheadings! Bloodletting! Bodysnatching! Journey down a snaking road bristling with medicine's most astonishing "dead ends." Marvel at the diagnoses, experiments, and treatments that were frequently useless, and often harmful, but that sometimes led doctors to discoveries that changed the world for the better. Enjoy a whirlwind tour of the human body-from brain, to heart, to limbs-during which New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris and caricaturist Adrian Teal will guide you through centuries of medical mistakes, festooned with riveting facts, pitch-perfect humor, and vivid illustrations. Celebrate the flukes, flops, and failures that have given science a better understanding of our bodies and ways to treat them. This fascinating book of foul-ups is sure to delight young readers, and inspire them to embrace their failures, too!
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