Description |
66 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
Summary |
As Mabel's mysterious package leads her through the hilarious, amazing, disgusting but true history of medicine, she is drawn into incredible stories of chance and tragedy... Like Al, shot in the guts and never healed, so the world watched his food digest... Like the barber who poured boiling oil on his patients and what happened when he ran out... Like the parents who stuffed smallpox scabs up their kids' noses and the GP who deliberately gave a kid a killer disease... You'll hear about how a doctor's snot helped heal millions, how big breasts inspired a brainwave, and how Iggy was laughed out of town for suggesting hand washing in hospitals... and many more! |
Analysis |
Picture books |
Notes |
Victorian Premier's reading challenge booklist 2007- year 7, year 8 and year 9 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliography |
Audience |
For children 10-14 years |
Notes |
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books, 2001 shortlist |
Subject |
Medicine -- History -- Juvenile humor.
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Medicine -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Medicine -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Medicine -- History.
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Premier's Reading Challenge -- Year 7 - Year 9
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Medicine -- History.
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Genre/Form |
Humor.
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Author |
Harvey, Roland, 1945- illustrator
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ISBN |
0949714682 (paperback) |
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9780949714688 |
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