I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures

by Carlyn Beccia

Book Overview

It wasn't too long ago that people tried all sorts of things to help sick people feel better. They tried wild things like drinking a glass full of millipedes or putting some mustard on one's head. Some of the cures worked, and some of them...well, let's just say that millipedes, living or dead, are not meant to be ingested. Carlyn Beccia takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour to discover that while times may have changed, many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0547225709
• ISBN13: 9780547225708
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.1" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4