About this Book

Think you know your smallpox from your bubonic plague? What did the Ancient Egyptians treat with powdered ostrich egg? How did body snatchers help 19th-century medical students? Why did the Ancient Romans recommend drinking wee? Dive in and find out the answers to these questions and many others as Dr Chris and Dr Xand draw back the bed curtains of history to take you on a tour of the body, revealing the gruesome secrets of medicine through the ages.