Measly Medicine

Horrible Science

by Nick Arnold

This is a romp through the history of healthcare, hosted by the inimitable Dr Grimgrave. It includes chapters on ancient medicine - Stone Age trepanning, Chinese medicine, Romans, Greeks: the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages; the bloody operations before anaesthetics and hygiene were implemented; Florence Nightingale's nursing revolution and development of public; health; Life-saving surgery available today, including plastic surgery and transplants; and modern miracles - new drugs and treatment.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Childrens, Medicine

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 3, 2006

About the author

Nick Arnold is the author of the award winning series, Horrible Science and Wild Lives. Arnold's first published works appeared as a result of a project he was working on at the University of North London, when he was trying to teach young children. A positive review was written about him, and he started to write the "Horrible Science" books. His books are illustrated by Tony De Saulles.

Reviews

[Siobhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a child I loved both history and science, so as you can imagine I loved both the Horrible Histories books and the Horrible Science books.

Whilst I did enjoy the Horrible Science books, I never read quite as many as I did the Horrible Histories books. For me, even as a child, the Horrible Science books seemed somewhat second rate to the Horrible Histories books.

Don’t get me wrong, they’re good books. They make learning fun in the same way as their history counterparts, there simply seems to be something lacking. Perhaps it was simply because I read the Horrible Histories first and thought this was trying too hard to be like those books, or it could have been something else – as I’ve said, I’m really not sure.

Still, the Horrible Science books are good for any science-loving child.

[Mario · Rating 4 out of 5]

این مجموعه یکی از مجموعه های مورد علاقه ام در دوران کودکی و نوجوانی ام بود و این کتاب که اگر اشتباه نکنم تحت عنوان پزشکی پردردسر ترجمه شده بود اولین کتابی بود که از این مجموعه خوندم به همین خاطر خیلی نزد من عزیز و گرامی شمرده میشه
هرچند کتاب مورد علاقه ام از این مجموعه احتمالا با اختلاف حقایق هولناک در مورد زمانه

[Eleanor · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic childhood audiobook favourite

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was gross. It didn't jut contain medicines, but it also told about operations and hospitals.

[Jack Po · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat interesting, but very very drawn out.

[Guan Jie Fung · Rating 5 out of 5]

medicene is cruel long time ago.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.

[Rawisara]

good for read it so amazing