Bizarre Medicine: Unusual Treatments and Practices through the Ages

Bizarre Medicine: Unusual Treatments and Practices through the Ages by Ruth Clifford Engs explores the curious and often shocking medical practices of past and present. It highlights treatments that, while once accepted, now appear strange, ineffective, or dangerous by modern scientific standards.

Key Features

• Historical and contemporary perspective: Covers remedies from ancient times through modern alternative practices, examining both their rationale and outcomes.
• Organized by condition: Entries are grouped by disease or medical issue, making it easy to see how treatments evolved over time.
• Analysis of efficacy: Discusses why some remedies may have had partial effectiveness while most were harmful or useless.
• Scientific context: Provides modern explanations for diseases, their symptoms, and current evidence-based treatments.
• Cultural and societal impact: Explores how bizarre treatments influenced society, art, and medicine through the ages.
• Engaging and informative: Balances historical storytelling with clear medical explanations, appealing to students, historians, and curious readers alike. 

Product Details

• Publisher:  Greenwood 1st  (Jan 11 2022)
  
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440871248
• ISBN-13: 978-1440871245