32
acupuncture, 10
ague, 18
alligator, 24
ant, 25
antibiotic, 6, 24–25,
29–30
antidote, 12, 30
apothecary, 14–16
aspirin, 18–19, 29
burdock, 16
catfish, 24
Chinese cure, 10–11, 28
cockroach, 25
diabetes, 26–27, 29
Dioscorides, 8, 28
doctrine of signatures, 17
dose of medicine, 13, 28
enema, 9
Fleming, Alexander,
22–24, 29
frog, 25
herbal medicine, 8–9,
16–17, 28, 30
Hildegard of Bingen, 16
Horus, 8
insulin, 6, 26–27, 29
Islamic medicine, 12–13
Jabir ibn Hayyan, 12, 28
laudanum, 19
magic bullets, 20–21, 29
mandrake plant, 9
panda, 25
penicillin, 22–24, 29
pharmacists, 8, 14
poison, 12–13, 21, 28,
30
prescriptions, 8, 30
scorpions, 10–11
seahorse, 11
snake wine, 11
syphilis, 20–21, 29
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The Author
John Farndon is the author of many books on science, technology, and
nature, including the international best sellers
Do Not Open
and
Do You
Think You’re Clever?
He has been shortlisted six times for the Royal Society’s
Young People’s Book Prize for a science book.
The Illustrator
Venitia Dean grew up in Brighton, in the United Kingdom. She has loved
drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. After receiving a digital
drawing tablet for her nineteenth birthday, she began working digitally.
She hasn’t looked back since!
