Dead Ends!: Flukes, Flops & Failures That Sparked Medical Marvels
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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. Enjoy 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, tooFormat:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1547615028
ISBN13:9781547615025
Release Date:October 2025
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Length:176 Pages
Age Range:8 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 7
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